Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 11…Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies is calling on US President Barack Obama to grant a posthumous pardon to…
by Timothy Shenk This article previously appeared in Dissent Magazine and Portside. Between 1789 and 1850, the United States had twelve presidents. Ten of them owned slaves; the only two…
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By Rebecca Solnit ‘A politician is not a given. Each one is in part what we make them, by pushing, blocking, pressuring, encouraging, fighting, reframing, emphasizing, organizing.’ (Photo: Michael…
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Institute of the Black World 21st Century Drug Policy Reform Initiative 31-35 95th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11369 ♦ 718.429.1415 ♦ info@ibw21.org ♦ www.ibw21.org November 3, 2016 We are pleased…
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By: Charles D. Ellison Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during early voting for the 2016 presidential general election Oct. 28, 2016, at the Forsyth County Government Center…
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By: Michael Harriot In the next few days, your news feeds and social media timelines will be peppered with reports of white people reveling at Halloween parties posing for pictures…
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By: Allison Keyes Election official Cassandra Lewis waits to welcome voters at an early-voting poll station in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2016. Election official Cassandra Lewis waits to…
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A woman holds up a sign reading Black Lives Matter in the street in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Xinhua Press/Corbis Above Photo:…
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Barbados, October 19, 2016 (CDEMA) – CARICOM delivered a shipment of approximately USD$ 53,000 worth of emergency relief supplies to Haiti. Organized by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA),…
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Dr. Ron Daniels, National Coordinator for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century’s Drug Policy Reform Initiative (IBWDPI) announced today that world renowned Actor, Humanitarian and Human Rights Activist Danny…
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Service members from Joint Task Force Matthew and representatives from the United States Agency of International Development delivered relief supplies to areas affected by Hurricane Matthew to Jeremie, Haiti. Photo…
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By Renee Feltz The report from the Black Alliance for Just Immigration calls on lawmakers to address the disparate rates of detention and deportation for black immigrants., Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images , It…