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    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...

    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...

    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...

    First IOM Aid to Gaza in Interagency Convoy Post-Ceasefire

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amman, 23 January 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in coordination with partners in Jordan and  Gaza, has dispatched...

    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...

    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...

    IOM Champions Well-Managed Migration as Global Solution at World Economic Forum

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Davos, 20 January 2025 –International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope will lead an IOM delegation to this year’s...

    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...

    IOM Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza, Urges Immediate Humanitarian Access

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 15, January 2025  – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza and urges all parties...

    Advancing Safe Migration Through Sport: Qatar Hosts Dialogue on Prevention of Trafficking in Sporting...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Doha, 15 January 2025 – The fight against human trafficking in sport must extend beyond the final whistle, IOM Deputy Director General...

    Haiti Displacement Triples Surpassing One Million as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Port-au-Prince, 14 January 2024 – More than a million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, according to alarming new...

    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...