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.
Ferguson will cap the amount of revenue the city makes from tickets and fines, the city announced Monday ahead of its first council meeting after the Michael Brown shooting. The city will only use fines for 15 percent of its revenue — everything else will go towards community projects.
Supporters say the measure would help combat the state’s epidemic of painkiller abuse, but polls have fluctuated wildly, and opponents are seizing on a controversial video to question their true intentions.
A coalition of political figures from around the world, including Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general…
The news: Breathe easy, potheads of Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love is about to become the largest in the country to decriminalize marijuana.
Politics, if we take politics to mean the shaping and discussion of issues, concerns and laws that foster the common good, is no longer the business of our traditional political institutions.
aaaGoldBarsThe profit motive fogs the thinking of free-market advocates. The Economist gushes, “Take a bow, capitalism…
It’s time to get rid of the United States’ racist policing double-standards.
In his wrap-up remarks, IBW’s President Dr. Ron Daniels calls on young activists and youth leaders to step up and take the lead in the next stage of the Ferguson…
The panelists at IBW’s Ferguson National Town Hall Meeting offer their recommendations and action items to deal with the crisis in Ferguson, MO.
The panelists at IBW’s Ferguson National Town Hall Meeting offer their recommendations and action items to deal with the crisis in Ferguson, MO.
When protests erupted in Ferguson, Mo., after the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown…
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and along the U.S.-Mexico border may seem to suggest that race has returned as the signature issue in American politics.
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