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The Distorted Exaggeration of Black-on-Black Crime Ignores Much of America’s Criminality

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

Ongoing protests against police brutality have revealed how distorted the American discourse on crime is. The biggest myth animating this discourse is black criminality: the notion that black people commit more crime, and therefore deserve more heavy-handed policing. Just a few weeks ago, on NBC’s Meet the Press, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani chided the network, saying, “I find it very disappointing that you’re not discussing the fact that 93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks.”

January 12, 2015

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We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

We are in the midst of a movement to upend white supremacy. Thousands of people across the country, acting in response to the unpunished killings of Trayvon Martin…

January 12, 2015

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Mourning the Parisian Journalists Yet Noticing the Hypocrisy

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

As the editor of a progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine that has often articulated views that have prompted condemnation from both Right and Left…

January 12, 2015

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Je suis Charlie? Attack sparks debate on free speech limits

By IBW21Editors' Choice

“Je suis Charlie” — I am Charlie — was the cry that that raced around the world in the wake of the murderous attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

January 12, 2015

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Time for #BlackLivesMatter to Turn Protest Into Policy

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

By Peniel E. Joseph — People protest in Times Square Nov. 25, 2014, in New York City over the grand jury decision not to indict then-Officer Darren Wilson in the…

January 8, 2015

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We Need To Advocate Radical Solutions To Systemic Problems

By IBW21Editors' Choice

Robert McChesney, a leader in challenging the corporate media’s role in degrading democracy, carries on this fight withBlowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century.

January 6, 2015

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Why the NYPD Turned Its Back on the City

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

On Sunday, a relatively large group of New York police officers, sworn to protect and serve the public, turned their back on the public’s elected executive, Mayor Bill de Blasio…

January 5, 2015

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The Year in Drug Policy: Movement at a crossroads

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in several U.S. states, California’s historic approval of sentencing reform for low level drug offenders and world leaders calling for the legal regulation of all drugs — all of which cement the mainstream appeal of drug policy alternatives and offer unprecedented momentum going into 2015.

January 2, 2015

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An Open Letter To The Media

By IBW21News & Current Affairs

My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy towards people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984.

December 31, 2014

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Thaw in U.S. and Cuba relations brings hope to Africa’s ‘last colony’

By IBW21Editors' Choice

ALGIERS, Algeria – The thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations has inspired hope thousands of miles away for those seeking self-determination for Western Sahara, a small nation called Africa’s last colony.

December 31, 2014

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The Prison State of America

By IBW21Commentaries/Opinions

Prisons employ and exploit the ideal worker. Prisoners do not receive benefits or pensions. They are not paid overtime. They are forbidden to organize and strike.

December 30, 2014

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