Posts Tagged ‘IBNN NEWS’
Young Americans: Where are the strong children being developed in Minneapolis? (Updated 2/11/13)
While Blacks are just 12.6% of the nation's population, they're roughly half of people murdered in this country each year. The vast majority of these killings are at the hands of other Blacks. If that doesn't shock you, maybe this will: More Blacks were murdered in the United States in 2009 alone than all the U.S. troops killed in Iraq and [...]
Why doesn’t CNN just come out and say, “We’re liberal mainstream media and we support the Democratic Party of America!”
"Your gay? So what, I have a lot of gay friends who didn't get to make the announcement on CNN." (photo: Marquee Blog CNN) "The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." — Malcolm X by Donald [...]
Is Mitt Romney “Black” enough to be President of the United States?
“Romney is very, very comfortable; it seems, with people who are like him. That’s one of the reasons why he seems so stiff and awkward in some town hall settings, why he can’t relate to people other than that”. A quote by Joe Williams of Politico, who was fired after his comments. This shows that Candidate Romney can never be Black enough [...]
Director Robert Townsend to attend Pillsbury United Communities WE CARE Theater Arts Festival Today!
"Robert Townsend with Rusty this morning on KSTP-TV Channel 5" (photo: IBNN NEWS) Townsend's visit is also different from other Black celebrities that come into the Twin Cities and never go to into the Black community. Townsend will attend a number of events in north Minneapolis at Turning Point, Inc for a press conference on Wednesday, June [...]
Director Robert Townsend in Minneapolis to screen movie “In the Hive”
Watch actor/director Robert Townsend on WCCO-TV Channel 4 today at 12-noon for the noon report and on KSTP-TV Channel 5 on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. – then get ready to see the screening of In The Hive at Sabathani Community Center at 7 p.m. (6/27). by Donald W.R. Allen, II - Editor in Chief/The Independent Business News [...]
2003: Target Stores leaves $300,000.00 for North Minneapolis…Where is it in 2012?
Small businesses in north Minneapolis are barely making enough money to keep the lights on. Still, local foundations and corporate institutions that say they assist blighted communities make grants to non-profits in a misguided effort to assist small businesses. This shows us that someone doesn’t have the acumen to understand how small [...]
New Shifts In Rhetoric As Education Reformers Come To Rule The Roost | The New Republic
New Shifts In Rhetoric As Education Reformers Come To Rule The Roost | The New Republic. Guest post by Thomas Toch Some school reformers said it would never happen. But after spending nearly two decades launching thousands of charter schools to challenge traditional public school systems, the Teach for America generation of social [...]
The Fear of Color in America: The inevitable evolution to a Black, Brown and Yellow United States of America
This is the first in the series of “The Fear of Color in America.” IBNN will consult with several local and national writers to put together the changing face of the United States to show the urgency of change that’s needed today. IBNN NEWS is the largest online Black owned Black operated investigative reporting news outlet in the state of [...]
Emmett Till 2012: The case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin (Updated)
Seems to me that it’s really time to kick ass and take names. How can an unarmed Black boy be shot and killed, and his killer walk free? If a Black man had shot a White boy dead, he’d be under the jail. by Donald W.R. Allen, II - Editor in Chief/IBNN NEWS United States of America (IBNN NEWS/Crime & Justice/March 22, [...]
