The institute of the Black World 21st Century is delighted to finally release this Black Paper – which has been nearly three years in production. Originally targeted for release in…
By Rebecca Hiscott Recent research suggests that poverty may have a profound effect on the brain. Imaging studies show that the conditions that go hand-in-hand with poverty — a combination…
By Jamil Smith Last week, Hillary Clinton met with a small group of Black Lives Matter protesters who had intended to disrupt her campaign event, only to arrive late and…
By Kia Gregory On Wednesday, Ben Carson came to Sylvia’s soul food restaurant, an iconic eatery in iconic Harlem, located along Lenox Avenue near 127th Street. The restaurant is a…
By GARY RIVLIN ‘Bring a map of New Orleans.’’ That was all that Alden J. McDonald Jr., president and chief executive of Liberty Bank and Trust Company, said when I…
By Kristina Kay Robinson This anniversary is a crossroads, a time to decide what to run toward and what to cast aside for a lighter burden. Ten years ago, I…
By Dave Johnson Businesses are run for a profit that goes into the pockets of the business’ “investors.” To be an investor requires that you have money. This is a…
By Ari BermanTwitter Georgia Legislator and civil rights leader Julian Bond, before making a speech, Sunday, May 2, 1971 at the campus in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/James Palmer) The fight…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson I can’t tell you how many times I sparred with former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond on TV shows and in print during the years he…
By Brentin Mock The phrase “black-on-black crime” gets tossed around so cavalierly these days that it can be hard to ascertain the intention behind it—no matter who says it. When President Obama uses…
Demonstrators, mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) By Raha Jorjani (Raha Jorjani is an immigration defense lawyer with the Office of…
By: Lynette Holloway Julian Bond, former Chairman, NAACP (R) on the second day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 9, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Bond…