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News that highlights the lives, visions, achievements, policies, and strategies of exceptional contemporary African Diaspora leaders across the globe in order to motivate, challenge, and encourage current and future generations of people of African descent to take initiative and offers guidance to those interested in Africa’s development.

Dr. Ron Daniels’ Reflections on the 2025 Inauguration

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, shares his reflections on the 2025 Presidential Inauguration in this commentary. With his unique perspective as...

Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Colleen Long, Associated Press — EDITOR’S NOTE (IBW21.ORG): The presidential pardon of Marcus Garvey is a monumental victory after years of...

‘What Would Dr. King Say and Do About Trump?’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). As we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy, political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson poses a poignant question in...

Its Ongoing Struggle for Life and Liberation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. In celebrating this the 221st anniversary of the world transformative liberation struggle and Revolution of the...

What Would Martin Do? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What would Dr. King do this birthday? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do to celebrate his...

Is Culture the Key Crisis in Black Life?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). January 13, 2025, MLK Day Edition of Vantage Point On this episode of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, also known as The...

270+ “No to Trump” Actions on January 18 — By Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – *Originally posted January 8, 2025. With 10 days left to mobilize, it is clear that the People’s March, initiated...

Trump’s Team is Coming for Climate Science. The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse. By Ben...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  It is official: 2024 was the hottest year on record. Temperatures not only surpassed 2023 as the previous hottest...

Is Culture the Key Crisis in Black Life?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Mon., Jan. 13, 2025, Edition of Vantage Point On this episode of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, also known as The Professor,...

Intensifying Our Righteous and Relentless Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This is a necessary revisiting of a critical issue, reclaiming King in the turbulent and taxing context...

The Passing of Peter Yarrow & Reflections on the 1963 March on Washington

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In this heartfelt recording of Reflections with The Professor from Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels honors the legacy of Peter Yarrow,...

Uganda’s military head says he wants to behead opposition leader

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s military chief, makes alarming threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine, claiming his father’s protection is the only thing...

In its final days, the Biden administration delivers big time for America’s coastal communities

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  It may be the dead of winter, but when we think about our beaches none of us want...

Jimmy Carter – Faith in Action

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As our beloved 37th President’s body makes its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to...

The Ugly Irony of Jan 6th: Certifying the Election of an Insurrectionist

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Vantage Point Radio » Professor on the Soapbox: The Ugly...

Culture as the Key Crisis in Black Life with Dr. Maulana Karenga

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). January 6, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Dr. Maulana Karenga, Creator of...

Emancipation and Haitian Independence Day message from Dr. Ron Daniels

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Originally recorded on January 1, 2025 — An Emancipation and Haitian Independence Day message from Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the...

Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...

Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...

January 11, 2025 forum and rally in support of The First Black Republic

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Events » Haitian Independence Day at Rainbow PUSH: January 11,...

Contribute to the HSP Haiti Crisis Fund

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yes, I want to help the Haiti Support Project in its efforts to assist Haiti to resolve the current crisis and...

The Liberty in Laundry Act Sounds Like a Joke. Sadly It’s Not.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  The incoming Trump administration is supposedly interested in “efficiency.” It has a whole quasigovernmental department – the Elon...

Principles and Practices of Lived Pan-Africanism

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the words our honored ancestors used to describe our “rising in radiance”, the world encompassing embrace...

The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a...