Annual Reparations Symposium Will Mark Opening of National Resource Center for State and Local...
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Dr. Joy DeGruy, Nationally and Internationally Renowned Researcher and Educator, Author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury...
UNHCR launches $10 billion appeal to address global refugee crisis in 2025
Announced earlier this week, the agency’s Global Appeal comes amid escalating humanitarian crises, as conflict, persecution and the growing impacts of climate change continue...
Most violent year in Syria since 2020, senior UN official tells Security Council
“Many millions of Syrians are still outside their country or struggling to survive in a complex landscape of de facto authorities, foreign armies, armed...
‘Myanmar’s children cannot afford to wait,’ warns UNICEF
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban issued a stark call for urgent international action on Thursday, describing the situation as “dire” for children.
Since the...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
Judges on the ICC said there were reasonable grounds that the three men bore “criminal responsibility” for the alleged crimes committed “from at least...
Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies
The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) follows a new dire assessment from UN-partnered food insecurity experts has...
13th Annual Month of Non-Violence, Families, Voters Rights and Opportunities Goes Global
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For 13 years, Black Women for Positive Change (BWFPC) a multi-cultural, intergenerational, inter-faith organization of Women and Good Brothers, has sponsored...
Haiti at a ‘dire crossroads’, Security Council hears
“This is not just another wave of insecurity; it is a dramatic escalation that shows no signs of abating,” emphasised Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General...
Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns
‘The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World’, explores three megatrends young people face including climate disasters,...
Trump 2.0 and the implications for the Caribbean and the Americas — By Dr....
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By Dr. Michael Witter —
Even more urgently than in previous USA presidential elections, the Caribbean needs to anticipate the kinds of...
It’s time to ‘Gird our Loins’ Here comes Trump 2.0 — By Don Rojas
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By Don Rojas —
One week after America and the world was stunned by the outcome of the national elections on November 5th, 2024, we find ourselves...
Report Back from IBW’s Town Hall Meeting on Presidential Election 2024
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November 18, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels reports back from IBW’s town hall meeting on the 2024...
Lazzarini: Annexation of Gaza won’t create lasting Middle East peace
“More than 100 trucks have been looted, primarily UNRWA and the WFP, basically, 80-90 per cent of the convoy on that day,” said...
A Milestone Moment for My Son and Me A Personal Political Note
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Today is November 16, two days after the Institute of the Black World...
Rights experts call for immediate end to post-election violence in Mozambique
Weeks of violent protests have marked the outcome of the disputed 9 October presidential elections, which saw ruling party Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo emerge...
Black Leaders to Assess Impact of a “Disastrous” Election
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November 14, 2024 town hall meeting will discuss the way forward for Black America
Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the New York...
1,000 days of full-scale war on Ukraine: UNHCR urges solidarity with victims
Recent attacks on energy infrastructure have decimated 65 percent of Ukraine’s energy generation capacity, severely disrupting electricity, heating and water supplies across the country.
“The...
Vantage Point: The Presidential Election
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November 11, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guest Bill Fletcher, Author, Commentator, Veteran...
Why Are We Here? A Dispatch from the Nadir
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By Sherrilyn Ifill —
It wasn’t the Electoral College. It wasn’t gerrymandering, or even voter suppression. America was undone this week by...
World News in Brief: Haiti latest, plastic tide in Samoa, Bakery boost in Ukraine,...
More than 700,000 people are displaced in the country – over half of whom are children – with recent violence in the capital Port-au-Prince...
Continue the Struggle, Keep the Faith and Hold the Line
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
By the time this column is read, there will be evidence of a winner of this presidential...
The Yard Brings Together Alumni, Students And Supporters For Kamala Harris
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The Yard—Howard’s cultural center—hosts Harris and a community united by legacy, leadership and resilience.
By Rachel Bunch, Essence —
The Yard, the heart...
Harris Lost After Democrats “Abandoned Working Class People”
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“The American people are angry and want change. And they’re right,” Sanders said.
By Sharon Zhang , Truthout —
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...
The Haitians of Springfield, a Trump campaign target, brace for his presidency
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Many in the Ohio community are worried and praying after he won the election.
By Danielle Paquette, Washington Post —
This was the...
