Race and the Rapture
There are three subjects we can’t discuss rationally: Israel, Cuba, and race.
Urban Food Deserts Threaten Children’s Health
Access to nutritious food is a matter of social justice.
Thanksgiving: Time to Consider Native Americans’ Plight
The nation needs to commit itself to lasting Native American advancement.
Structural Inequality: News Not Fit to Print?
President Obama’s address to the NAACP acknowledged that racial inequality is not an African-American problem, but rather a problem of our entire nation. So why didn’t the New York Times?
Racial Discrimination at the World Bank
The breach between the Bank’s rhetoric on diversity and its practices means that it barely employs any black American in its professional grades.
Improving U.S.-Muslim Relations: Obama’s Other Audience
For the United States to focus only on improving its image in the Arab and Muslim world is to see only half of the picture.
President Obama and the Harsh Racial Reality
Despite electing the first African-American president, the United States still faces deepening racial inequality.
Panel Discussion: Report Back from the Durban Review Conference
Three experts, including IPS’ own Phyllis Bennis, will discuss the recent Durban Review Conference: what occurred, what was missing, and what will result because of it.
Phyllis Bennis is a scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and directs its New Internationalism Project.
Imani Countess is the Senior Director of Public Affairs at the TransAfrica Forum.
Constance Dunlap, M.D., works at the George Washington Medical Center.
Refreshments will be provided. This event is cosponsored by the TransAfrica Forum and the Institute for Policy Studies.
The UN Racism Conference: Halls of Shame and Fame
Serious work was done at the recent UN conference on racism, and the boycotters have egg on their face.
Missing an Anti-Racism Moment
The Obama administration boycotted the UN conference on racism and missed a golden opportunity.
Global Discussion on Racism
The U.S. should participate in the upcoming Durban Review Conference in Geneva.
White Recession, Black Depression
Nearly 30% of Blacks have zero net worth. We should remember racial inequality is most pronounced during economic hard times.
Israel: Rise of the Right
In its recent elections Israel witnessed the rise of the right, the extreme right, and the fascist right.
Post-Racial Racism at the Post
Claims of a post-racial society are undermined by racism in mainstream media.
Still Waiting for a ‘Post-Racial’ America
Mulitcultural celebrations of Obama’s victory show the U.S. is hungry for hope and change. But we are far from healing our racial wounds.