IBW21, Author at Institute of the Black World 21st Century

Health Care for All

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

By Bernie Sanders
I start my approach to health care from two very basic premises. First, health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege.

October 6, 2013

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Latin America’s Anti-Intervention Bloc

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

As political attention has shifted from a potential U.S. military strike against Syria to a potential agreement on the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons arbitrated by Russia, all eyes are on the United States, the Middle East, and key actors in Europe.

October 5, 2013

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The White Man’s Last Tantrum?

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, Editors' Choice

By Robert Parry
American pundits are missing the bigger point about the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government and the GOP’s threatened default on America’s credit.

October 5, 2013

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Spending, Debt and the Shutdown: The Bi-Partisan “Disappearance” of Race and Class

By IBW21Editors' Choice

Whatever the result of the current governmental stalemate, one thing is certain: The ongoing crisis of workers in general and the African American working class and poor in particular will continue unabated.

October 4, 2013

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1 in 3 Black Males go to Prison in Their Lifetime, Report Warns

By IBW21News & Current Affairs, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

The United States criminal justice system is the largest in the world. At yearend 2011, approximately 7 million individuals were under some form of correctional control in the United States, including 2.2 million incarcerated in federal, state, or local prisons and jails.

October 4, 2013

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Could Anyone Possibly Think This Phony Company Isn’t Horrible?

By IBW21Video/Audio, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

Global Tel*Link profits off love, charging prisoners as much as $17 for a 15-minute phone call. Tell the FCC to set prices families can afford. http://aclu.org/global-tel #prisonprofiteers This video is…

October 4, 2013

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With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business

By IBW21Editors' Choice

By Liliana Segura
I don’t know how many times I heard the same robotic voice speak these words since last fall. I was researching the story of Timothy McKinney, a Memphis man facing his third death-penalty trial for the killing of an off-duty police officer in 1997.

October 4, 2013

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Why Pedro Pires won the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for African governance

By IBW21Editors' Choice

Former Cape Verde President Pedro Pires and current St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will be the two keynote speakers at the upcoming Institute of the Black World symposium on “Democracy & Development in Africa & the Caribbean” to be held at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington DC on Oct. 17 & 18.