These ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bills Send the Wrong Message on Race and Violence
This is just the latest congressional favor for the Fraternal Order of the Police.
Film: Black Cop
A DC premiere movie that is an intense and timely political satire that provocatively takes on issues of race, class and power, followed by popular education style interaction with attendees.
All the Muslims are Brown, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave
Towards a Black Muslim Woman Politic,” International Women’s Day Celebration with Dr. Nina Daoud
8 Trailblazing Women Leading the Fight Against Inequality
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting eight fearless women leading some of today’s biggest and most impactful social movements.
2017 Was Rough, But Movement Leaders Have High Hopes for 2018
Nine movement leaders from all over the world share their hopes for the year to come.
10 Trumped Up Halloween Terrors
A look at the real-life horrors our government is peddling this year — and a look at the movements rising up to stop them.
Pan-Africanism Today: A Time for Transcontinental Cooperation
A commemoration of the monumental life of Thomas Sankara by shining a light on the vibrant Pan-African movements unfolding in the global African community 30 years after his assasination.
29th Annual WMS-AME Church UN NGO Conference
IPS’s Netfa Freeman speaks about the 2016 report of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent from their fact finding mission assessing human rights conditions of African/Black people in the U.S.
The NFL Should Do More Than Just Take A Knee
NFL owners have banded together against Trump’s divisive comments, but will they put their money where their mouth is?
Woke!: Black Resistance to US Domestic and Foreign Policy
A discussion unpacking the role of Black organized resistance in building an even broader independent movement that addresses the economic needs of all poor and working people and the escalating violence that accompanies the neo-liberal agenda.
Reclaiming MLK
Dr. King left us a radical vision. Join IPS and a community of scholars and activists to reclaim this vision, our history and our future, part of the Institute for Policy Studies’s Liberation in Action 2017 Black History Month series!
The President, Pardons, A Push Toward the Vision for Black Lives
Raising up bold new perspectives on racial justice through dialogue, media analysis and a call to action!
Thomas Sankara Legacy, Democracy in the Global South, and Black Lives
A discussion on democracy in Africa and in the global south, the “Black Lives Matter Movement” and the state of panafricanism and internationalism.
Brown Bag: The Coup in Brazil Hidden from Headlines
A detailed analysis on how the spurious ousting of President Dilma Rousseff came about and what can be done to support the social justice movements there.
The Bad News about Good Census Numbers
Despite better numbers, the latest census data leaves much to be desired for closing the racial wage, wealth, and opportunity gaps in the United States.