We Will Not Be Erased — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing...

In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher discusses finding positivity while mourning the change...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher, an award-winning change agent and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity...

Demand Diversity Roundtable Response to Administration’s Threat To DEI

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League “A second Trump administration intends to abandon efforts to advance and legally defend affirmative action...

On Hot Seat for the Fires in LA: Rally Around Karen Bass

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Host of the influential Hutchinson Report and Founder of the...

Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities

Briefing ambassadors, Karim Khan highlighted the urgent need for justice and accountability as violence and humanitarian suffering escalate.“Criminality is accelerating in Darfur. Civilians are...

Panama, Greenland, Palestine, Ukraine: What About National Self-Determination?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – Ever since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine I’ve been thinking about the issue of the right of nations...

Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). January 27, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires | Black History & Culture. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author, Political...

UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo

The UN mission in DR Congo, MONUSCO, is relocating administrative staff and others in North Kivu that can continue performing their duties from elsewhere...

January 20, 2025 – Joy and Pain

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — For Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that Dr. King’s...

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...

America, You Are an Extremely Unserious Country — By David A. Love, JD

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Lawmakers will band together to ban an app, raise their salaries or bomb Brown babies in a foreign country, but they...

Rev. Dr. Robert Turner Discusses Reparations, Faith, and Social Justice with Dr. Jamal Bryant

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Dr. Jamal Bryant welcomes Reverend Dr. Robert Turner, NAARC Commissioner and Pastor of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore, MD, to the “Let’s Be...

Its Ongoing Struggle for Life and Liberation, Pt. 2

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 2. It is important to note that the legacy and lessons we speak of here are not...

The Bishop Who Stood Up to Trump

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels In the spirit of resistance and transformation which I have been repeatedly advocating,...

Teaching Artist Institute and Vatican Officials Talk Reparations and Healing

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) Founder Kim Poole Meets with Vatican Officials to Advance Reparatory Justice, Land Repatriation, and Cultural Restitution. Rome, Italy...

Landmark Slavery Disclosure and Redress Act introduced in Illinois

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Springfield, IL, January 21, 2025 — In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, State Representative Sonya Harper of the...

President Trump Will Raise Your Energy Bills

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Ratepayers beware. Team Trump’s eagerness to enrich his fossil fuel industry cronies with his “drill baby drill” (and export...

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...

Security Council debates growing terrorism threat in Africa

Amina Mohammed was speaking at a meeting focused on strengthening counter-terrorism on the continent, convened by Algeria, the Council president for January. She emphasized that...

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...