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While Black Families Pay More for Power, Some Attorneys General Fight to Save High-Cost...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). African-Americans and other communities of color struggle hardest to pay electrical power bills while some attorneys general spend their time fighting...

A Reality Check on Our Public School System

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Brenda M. Greene — Nikole Hannah-Jones’s New York Times essay, “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My...

Virtual Post-Election Town Hall Meeting — November 10, 2026

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Will the Midterm Elections Advance or Betray the Black Agenda? The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW21) and the...

Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’

The Security Council will hear the latest developments in Libya on Wednesday as it takes stock of the current situation as the country grapples...

Three Months, No Charges

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  Months after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine,...

A Ballot Is Just the Beginning

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Voting is not the most you can do. It’s the least you can do. It is the...

While Black Families Pay More for Power, Some Attorneys General Fight to Save High-Cost...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). African-Americans and other communities of color struggle hardest to pay electrical power bills while some attorneys general spend their time fighting...

UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warns against escalation

In a statement issued on Friday night in New York by his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, the UN chief urged all parties to cease hostilities...

Don Rojas to receive honorary Doctor of Letters from The University of the West...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IBW congratulates veteran journalist, Black media pioneer and longtime communications leader on this distinguished honor. The University of the West Indies will...

Darfur: Healthcare needs outstrip resources as Security Council extends Sudan sanctions

The agency’s top official in Sudan, Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar, visited hospitals, health centres and laboratories in every Darfur state except East Darfur during a...

A Strong Economy for Whom?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In his run-up to the midterm elections, the president is crisscrossing the country in an effort...

When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa

When medicines are scarce, unaffordable or simply too far away, illicit sellers have proved adept at filling the void.That is the dynamic described in...

The State of the Crisis in Haiti

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In this Special Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” examines the state of the crisis in Haiti...

The First Columbus Day Was Declared in the Shadow of a Lynching

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In the Windy City, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells spotlighted what Washington wanted forgotten. By Ben Jealous —  This month we mark...

California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum — October 3, 2026

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). KBLA Talk 1580 will convene public officials, candidates and civic leaders for the California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum on...

Safeguarding Human Dignity, Life and the World

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — If we, as a people, take seriously our critical and ongoing role as a moral and spiritual...

Reflections on 500 Years of Resistance

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick — Let Me Walk in Beauty O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives...

U.S. blockade of Cuba is an act of war

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — As a member of an IBW21/PAUD delegation that traveled to Cuba this year, I remain concerned about the...

Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp

Condemning the blaze, the UN’s senior Ebola response official in DRC, Julien Harneis, also noted that Kigonze camp where the facility was open now...

Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis

A health facility has also been damaged, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other humanitarian agencies.In the past few weeks, clashes have...

DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO

The number of confirmed Ebola cases has passed 8,000 for the first time since the current outbreak began, according to the Congolese authorities. “While we...

Mahama Appoints Dr. Ron Daniels to Reparatory Justice Council

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). NAARC Convener joins international council of reparations experts advancing coordinated global action for reparatory justice NEW YORK — Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener...

Research, Reflection and the Liberating Vision and Values

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In marking this the 61st anniversary of the founding of the organization Us and the development of...

“We the People”—which People?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Constitution begins with three powerful words: “We the People.” History immediately asks: Which people? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — When...