
By Douglas Foster People gather on the Nelson Mandela Bridge for the “Zuma Must Fall“ protest against South African President Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg on December 16, 2015. (Rex Features via…
IBW21 (The Institute of the Black World 21st Century) is committed to enhancing the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. and globally to achieve cultural, social, economic and political equality and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people.
By Douglas Foster People gather on the Nelson Mandela Bridge for the “Zuma Must Fall“ protest against South African President Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg on December 16, 2015. (Rex Features via…
By: Sarah-Joyce Battersby George Talusan / George Talusan LaTanya Grant speaks to the rally. Her cousin Jermaine Carby was shot dead by Peel police in Brampton in 2014. Sleeping in shifts,…
Above photo: Original caption (1836): “Franklin & Armfield’s Slave Prison.” Franklin & Armfield was a Virginia slave trading firm. (American Anti-Slavery Society) Starting Sept. 9, prisoners in the United States will begin a…
By: Damaso Reyes Born in the 1960s the son of a white German mother and an African student, Thomas Hurst has struggled to find acceptance in his home country. He is…
By Joseph AxAbove Photo: A man shouts slogans while people take part in the Million People’s March Against Police Brutality, Racial Injustice and Economic Inequality in Newark, New Jersey July 25,…
Thursday, as part of the 200 years of the military expedition of Los Cayos, the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida, was welcomed at the Toussaint Louverture…
Opal Tometi, who lives in New York and is one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, speaks at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. By KARIN KAPSIDELIS Richmond…
BY JULIANNE MALVEAUX It is probably not especially politically correct to bring more race matters into the debacle that is also known as the Donald Trump quest for the…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs Kunta Kinte now joins USS Enterprise Capt. James Tiberius Kirk and Sherlock Holmes in the growing worldwide popular-culture club of the 21st-century reboot. I was shocked to learn…
By Nadia Prupis “Our children are going to be fine, but they’re going to be even better if we invest in them now,” Hanna-Attisha said. (Photo: Flint Journal) Flint children…
By Nyle Port The peculiar American sport that is the national election is back in season: Republicans vs. Democrats. Red states vs. blue states. Donald Trump fanatics attacking…
Fortune Magazine named the three founders of the Black Lives Matter movement to its 2016 list of the World’s Greatest Leaders. Absent from the list is President Barack Obama. Coming in…