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.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Movie night in Mouloud, Djibouti. Skype lessons in Ethiopia. Veterinary training assistance in Garissa, Kenya. And in this country on the east coast of Africa, work on both primary and secondary schools and a cistern to provide clean water. These are all-American good works, but who is doing them — and why?
In her monthly column, “Human Rights and Global Wrongs,” law professor, writer and social critic Marjorie Cohn explores human rights and US foreign policy, and the frequent contradiction between the two.
Wednesday, August 27th 2014—Busboys and Poets Cosponsored by: Institute of the Black World and Institute for Policy Studies Key Themes/ Quotes: “I grew up in St. Louis and I know…
National Policies and Initiatives ■Vigorous investigation and monitoring of the police killing of Michael Brown so that justice is done through the prosecution of Officer Darren Wilson by local authorities…
On Wednesday, August 27th at Bus Boys and Poets Restaurant in Washington, D.C., a focal point for progressive artistic expression and political thought, hundreds gathered for a powerful discussion of the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the epidemic of police misconduct, violence and killings in Black communities across the nation.
When I was growing up in a northern-New Jersey ghetto in the early Afro-picked 1970s, my mom used to take me places in her car.
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century held a forum on the impact of the policies of the “War on Drugs” on the African-American community. Speakers included Jesse…
FERGUSON, Mo. — Hundreds of demonstrators tracked through pouring rain and blistering heat on Saturday, calling for accountability for the officer who gunned down an unarmed 18-year-old here three weeks ago and for broader policing reforms.
WASHINGTON — A coalition of activists carried 900,000 petitions to the gates of the White House on Thusday afternoon demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder…