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    Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’

    President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which his new foreign...

    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...

    Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime

    The findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria detail crimes against humanity and war crimes that left a legacy of trauma...

    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...

    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...

    Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier

    The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed on Sunday just hours before Mr. Biden left office, commutes Mr. Peltier’s life sentences to home confinement, allowing...

    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...

    DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack

    “We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in...

    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...

    ‘We must be there for them now’ says UN relief chief, highlighting plight of...

    "Today marks one of the rare times we are able to highlight positive developments, albeit amid catastrophic humanitarian needs in Gaza," Mr. Fletcher began. He...

    Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecution

    On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice...

    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...

    UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers

    Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, urged Russian authorities to release lawyers Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser...

    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...

    World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus...

    In an alert on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the trucks will be the first from the UN agency to reach...

    Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

    Read our story here:When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the...

    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...