CAIR Urges Public, Biden To Increase Support For Earthquake Victims

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Black Star News has been producing stellar investigative journalism since 1997, including focusing on police brutality and other abuses targeting marginalized...

Florida: Voting Rights Advocates Denounce New Bill’s Passage

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Today, the Florida House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 4B (SB 4B), which seeks to unnecessarily expand the jurisdiction of...

Can The United Nation Be Reformed Into Effectiveness?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube England’s legendary Dr. Samuel Johnson once observed that nothing concentrates the mind so much as the prospect of an imminent...

Report: Ethiopians In Lower Omo Valley Face Starvation, Death

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: The Oakland Institute Oakland, CA — In a new report, Dam and Sugar Plantations Yield Starvation and Death in Ethiopia’s Lower...

Black Wall Street: Labor Secretary Stresses Need To Support Black Labor

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Screenshot TULSA, OK – In a visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma Thursday, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh highlighted the need to promote...

Homicide At Bullock Latest In Alabama Prison Violence Crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Brian Wanner, 47, died on February 4, two days after suffering an assault at Bullock Correctional Facility near Union Springs,...

Turkish Tragedy: Chronicles of An Earthquake Foretold

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Rubble and destruction from this week’s quake. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Voice of America. Türkiye and its environs are going through an extraordinary situation....

Presidential Wannabe DeSantis Attempting To Sanitize American History By Attacking Black History

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube Curse that First Amendment! What were the Founding Fathers thinking? As Ron DeSantis has declared and legislated, the safety of Florida...

Texas: 2019 Walmart Shooter Pleads Guilty To Hate Crimes, Murders

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: El Paso County Detention Center A Texas man who carried out the mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart in El...

Ohio: Journalist Arrested, Charged While Covering Train Derailment

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube New York, February 9, 2023 — Law enforcement in East Palestine, Ohio, should immediately drop all charges against NewsNation correspondent...

Georgia: BVM Fighting Attempts To Prosecute Voting Organizers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Black Voters Matter Tuesday, Black Voters Matter (BVM) responds to complaints of illegal campaigning during a press conference following the Georgia...

ESSENCE Honors Black Women In Sports Ahead Of Big Game

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube The ESSENCE Black Women In Sports Franchise is back and continuing their celebration of Black women in the sports industry...

Museveni Awards Himself Medal For Plunging Country Into War 42 Years Ago

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube On Monday, Generals Yoweri Museveni and his younger brother received The Order of Katonga (Kiswahili: Nishani ya Katonga) during the...

NBA Scoring King: LeBron Passes Abdul-Jabbar

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube LeBron James got the first official statistic of his NBA career on a rebound. His next entry on the stat...

Pioneer Who Fused Afro-Brazilian Music With Classical Has Died

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube “Black culture is discursive. And what she is saying is translated by singing, dancing and drum. The treble speaks of...

Missouri’s Hasty Execution Of Raheem Taylor Isn’t Justice

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Paul Crane/ MacArthur Justice Center Tuesday, the state of Missouri executed Leonard “Raheem” Taylor even though a full investigation of his...

‘When I Get Grown’ Documentary Playing For Free Thru February

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: The World House Project In celebration of Black History Month and in support of this year's theme of "Black Resistance," we...

NY Correctional Officer Sentenced To Prison For Obstruction

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Wikimedia Commons Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Greg McKenzie, a former...

Lincoln Project Gives Biden Thumbs Up On SOTU

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). February 8, 2022 - The Lincoln Project released the following takeaways from the 2023 State Of The Union: (1) In two...

Miami Black College Expo Celebrates Black History Month, Education

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Black PR WireFlyer (Black PR Wire) MIAMI, FLORIDA – The 1st Annual Miami Black College Expo™, hosted by National College Resources...

DOJ Releases ‘Roadmap’ To Reforming Policing In Columbus

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Tuesday announced the completion of a Roadmap for...

One Woman’s Locks Journey Inspired An Entire Brand

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: We Buy Black Like many Black girls, Keisha Charmaine began getting chemical relaxers when she was just eight years old. This...

Black Mayors Applaud Biden’s State Of Union, More Work Needed

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: YouTube (Washington, DC) – The African American Mayors Association (AAMA) released the following statement last night after President Joe Biden's State...

NY Dept. Of Ed Announces Black History Month Events

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: New York State Museum The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is proud to recognize Black History Month, held during February...