Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Littane Ilfrard traces the deep and complex history of immigration to highlight why today’s Haitian immigrants in the U.S. deserve better. By...

Radical Solidarity in Life, Love and Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Although clearly the Million Man March was the central event on October 16, 1995, it is important...

Double Down on Black Voters

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION I recently penned a piece entitled, Democracy in Danger: Black Led Rainbow Wave to the...

Chicago Inspector General asks state regulators to ban some CPD officers from law enforcement

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmnpdR6nouY Source: ABC 7 Chicago As the I-Team reported, at least a dozen CPD officers have been linked to the Proud Boys, Oath...

Confronting Colorism and Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Lina Cardona, ABFE’s Membership Operations Manager — As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on the...

Indigenous Communities Continue to Lead in Some of Our Most Crucial Environmental Fights

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Contamination from lead, arsenic, and the other toxins in Tar Creek in northeastern Oklahoma stole the potential of many children...

Black Led Rainbow Wave to the Rescue — Dedicated to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION How is it that one of the most consequential presidential elections in American history is...

A True Revolutionary, Part II

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). October 7, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Thousands survived a brutal gang attack in Haiti that killed 70. Now they face...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Pierre-Richard Luxama and Dánica Coto, AP — Under the cover of night, dozens of gang members crept toward the small town...

The Unstoppable Rise of Black Women Voters

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Glynda C. Carr — As we approach this critical election season, a remarkable story unfolds across America. Young Black women are...

The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation — Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous...

National Reparations Strategy Session Urgent Call to Action

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » National Reparations Strategy Session Urgent Call to Action – October...

Harris’s appeal to Gen-Z and millennials serves as a bridge between generations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By David W. Marshall, Trice Edney News Wire — It is refreshing to see a leader like Vice President Kamala Harris who understands...

Urban League Town Hall: Reclaim Your Vote for Democracy

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Urban League is organizing a virtual town hall event focused on the power of voting. The event will be held...

Vantage Point: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). September 30, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Some Instructive Insights From the Odu Ifa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our and other ongoing struggles for liberation, freedom, justice and other indispensable and...

Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The post Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024 is available on Institute of the...

Why is Trump Hating on Haitians?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). September 23, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...

Racism or Politics? “They’re Eating Cats and Dogs”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » Commentaries/Opinions » Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Racism or Politics? “They’re Eating Cats and Dogs” About Earl...

Marginalized Communities Need More Doctors

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Medicare policy must help address shortages—Not push physicians out of high-need areas. By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Unequal access to high-quality health services...

Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Internationally acclaimed journalist, political consultant and exemplary Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st...

The Bio of a True Revolutionary: Don Rojas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Don Rojas is the Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), and...

Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...

White people have never forgiven Haitians for claiming their freedom

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Behind the vicious Trump-Vance attacks on Haitian immigrants is a long history of making the people of Haiti pay for the...