Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson on Thursday issued a video apology to the family of Michael Brown…
First shipment of the ramped-up U.S. military response to Ebola arriving in Liberia. (Credit: US Army Africa/CC-BY-2.0)
Recent developments in Latin America continue that region’s remarkable surge toward democracy and socialism…
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The departure of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder deprives the Obama administration of a powerful voice on civil rights at a time when riots in Ferguson, Missouri, have thrust the issue into the spotlight.
he U.S. Justice Department asked the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department on Friday to order its officers not to wear bracelets in support of the white policeman who shot to death an unarmed black teenager last month, sparking protests.
The chatter about President Barack Obama’s legacy has already begun, and Michelle Obama is leading the charge…
Bill Toledo, Peter MacDonald and George James Sr.—members of the Navajo Code Talkers
In the Sixties and even for a short time afterward, Blackness was conceived and engaged as a very serious and sacred thing.
The evidence is all around us. As the United States crawls towards its 250th anniversary the nation’s racial discord is tearing it apart at its seams.
When journalist and TV critic Alessandra Stanley decided to open her recent New York Times profile of television producer Shonda Rhimes…
The first video that came to light in the now infamous Ray Rice domestic violence incident had me shaking my head in disbelief
Washington, DC…In conjunction with this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Sept. 25th, 2014 to ensure that there are mechanisms for African-American organizations to come together and engage consistently with the country’s emergency management infrastructure.