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The Dominican Republic has crossed the line: Caribbean governments must act

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

By Sir Ronald Sanders
Seemingly concerned about offending the principles of “non-interference in the internal affairs of States” and the “sovereignty” of States, the ten Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that are members of the 53-nation Commonwealth have not spoken out in condemnation of the government of Sri Lanka which the UN Secretary-General’s Expert Panel said is guilty of war crimes, particularly the systematic killing of as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians including women and children in 2009.

November 21, 2013

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Why Should Thousands of Prisoners Die Behind Bars for Nonviolent Crimes?

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

By Liliana Segura A holding cell in South Dakota State Penitentiary. (AP/Amber Hunt) This past August, the Lafayette-based IND Monthly published a story about a 54-year-old man named Bill Winters, incarcerated at a medium-security…

November 21, 2013

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Obama and the “Post Racial Society” – James Early on Reality Asserts Itself Pt. 2

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, Video/Audio

On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early says the economic indices of the black community are worse at the mass level than they were before Obama became president

November 21, 2013

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Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

Nia Timmons was stressed.

A mother of three, she works full-time as an assistant teacher at a pre-K program in Camden, New Jersey where she earns $12 per hour. By the second week of November, she still hadn’t received her family’s food stamp (SNAP) benefits and she didn’t know why

November 20, 2013

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“Liberty and Justice for Some People” James Early on Reality Asserts Itself Pt. 1

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, Video/Audio

In this series of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early talks about American identity and growing up African-American facing the deep racism of the South

November 20, 2013

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JFK’s Civil Rights Legacy- 50 Years of Myth and Fact

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There’s been as much myth as fact regarding John F. Kennedy’s civil rights legacy in the more than fifty years before, during and especially after his assassination on November 22, 1963.

November 19, 2013

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Bird Lives!!

By Herb BoydCommentaries/Opinions, Editors' Choice

By Herb Boyd
Special to IBW

Bird watchers, not those ornithologists armed with binoculars looking for the latest rare specimen on wing, but jazz lovers eagerly awaiting the arrival of Stanley Crouch’s study of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, the wingless immortal, can now exhale.

November 18, 2013

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Two Hours of “12 Years a Slave”

By Herb BoydCommentaries/Opinions, Editors' Choice

By Herb Boyd
Special to IBW
There is a lot of merit to the rumor and rave that “12 Years a Slave” is the best film ever made on the long, dark night of bondage, but as Les McCann once sang “Compared to What?”

November 18, 2013

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How Privatizers Are Killing Our Schools

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, Editors' Choice

By Paul Buchheit
Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast called the public school system a “socialist regime.” Michelle Rhee cautions us against commending students for their ‘participation’ in sports and other activities.

November 18, 2013

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The Truth About “Indian” Hair

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, Editors' Choice

People who were living in the Americas before the 15th century arrival of Columbus came to be called “Indians” because he and his fellow sailors were lost and thought they had reached Asia.

November 18, 2013

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Maulana Karenga

The Sacred Narrative Of Africans: A Chosen And Challenged People

By Dr. Maulana KarengaCommentaries/Opinions, Dr. Maulana Karenga

Each day and beyond the set-aside celebration and commemoration of our history, it is essential that we reaffirm who we are and our obligation to honor this identity and the awesome legacy in which it is grounded.

November 15, 2013

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How Police and Politicians Profit by Destroying the Lives of Young Black People for Tiny Amounts of Pot

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

By Harry Levine

“Whites Smoke Pot, but Blacks Are Arrested.” That was the headline of a column by Jim Dwyer, the great Metro desk reporter for The New York Times, in December 2009. Although Dwyer was writing about New York City, he summed up perfectly two central and enduring facts about marijuana use and arrests across the country: whites and blacks use marijuana equally, but the police do not arrest them equally.

November 15, 2013

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