Spaces as reparations for Black youth

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Investing in programs, resources, and physical spaces by and for Black youth is critical to narrowing generationally inherited disparities in wealth,...

The Problem with Baltimore

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Anthony Smooth, AAIHS — In 2015, Harvard economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren did a study on how the socioeconomic conditions of the...

Black Caucus slowly bends arc of justice

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Legislators lay out 2024 reparation package, with more in years to come. By Robert J. Hansen, Observer — California’s Legislative Black Caucus on...

Reclaiming “Tree Hugger” — By Ben Jealous

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Most people think of “tree hugger” as a casual insult for a certain kind of environmentalist. The term actually has a...

Failed U.S. Policy and the Crisis in Haiti

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Powered by Black World Media Network April 8, 2024Special WBAI Fund Drive Edition of Vantage Point On this edition of Vantage Point, host...

Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Referring to Barbecue as a revolutionary is an insult to progressives especially those of us who are Haitians. By Jessie C. Legros...

Advocates decry what is lost as the teaching of Black history faces growing restraints

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill — Advocates are sounding the alarm about growing pushes from conservative-led states to downplay the impact...

UN human rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Emma Farge, Reuters — The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people...

The leader of Papua New Guinea criticizes Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ comment.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went...

Comprehensive Reparations for Black America Primer

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What are Comprehensive Reparations? The National African American Reparations Commission supports Comprehensive Reparations for Black America. Comprehensive reparations are expansive and focus...

Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to appear before Oklahoma Supreme Court as historic...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On April 2, State’s High Court to consider whether the survivors, both 109, can continue their fight for justice. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla....

Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes Resigns from New Presidency of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Renowned Pastor Just officially assumed the reins from Rev. Jesse Jackson in February. By Trice Edney News Wire — Less than a year...
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Ancient African insights and modern meanings

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The earliest discourse on resurrection from the dead, judgment after death and reward of eternal life for...

Communiqué – 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 25 –...

Resisting the progressive artificiality of human life

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is a wide-spread shared conception that our future is under surveillance and siege, that our present...

Dr. William Strickland, scholar and political activist

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — “William Strickland embraced the challenge of the writing of Malcolm’s life and he did so in spite of...

Earn the Black Vote’s Poll Report Shows Favor of President Biden’s Executive Order for...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A Poll Report from Earn the Black Vote Announces The Creation of a Reparations Commission Will Boost Biden’s Electoral Prospects in...

Front Street host Charles Traylor discusses Haiti with Dr. Ron Daniels

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Aired March 30, 2024 on WVKO 1580 am in Youngstown, Ohio — Front Street host Charles Traylor is joined by special...

Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony, Reuters — France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt...

U.K. Prime Minister calls plan for two Black audiences-only shows “divisive”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Written by actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, the London version of the play, which also offered “Black Out” performances on...

A story of reparations and healing from New Zealand

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New Zealand’s reparations for the Māori people are an example the United States can follow in pursuit of racial justice for...

Letter to CARICOM president in response invitation to meet in Jamaica

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Initiative Posts » Haiti Support Project (HSP) Posts » Montana...

No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On the long tradition of Black third-party activism. By Marc Blanc, HNN — From its start on June 5, 2023, Cornel West’s chaotic...

The March Against Displacement in Harlem and Palestine!

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — First I heard the drumming, then the chants of “Viva, Viva Palestina!” from a long line of protesters...