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Environmental Madness: Japanese’s Tepco Company To Disperse Radioactive Waste Into Pacific Ocean

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Japan is set to start pumping billions of gallons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean this week from...

Israel, Ukraine, the Border: What’s in Biden’s $105 Billion Military Bill

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Last week, the White House released President Biden’s request for $105 billion in military and related aid related to wars ongoing in Ukraine,...

Newest Attack On Voting Rights Act Must Be Reversed

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: ACLUYouTube Screenshots It was only a matter of time before a new threat to the Voting Rights Act appeared on the...

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,...

Texts: D.C. Cop Fed Proud Boys Leader Info On BLM, Antifa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Twitter Text messages released Tuesday between Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and a lieutenant from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police...

Powerful Organization Of Black Women Celebrates Community Launch In D.C. Area

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Black Women Thriving East of the River WASHINGTON, DC – A powerful organization, Black Women Thriving East of the River, celebrated...

Affirmative Action: Civil Rights Community Vows To Advance Racial Equity Despite SCOTUS Rulings

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Wikimedia CommonsYouTube Screenshots The following statement was released by the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law regarding the two U.S....

Nigeria: Will Authorities Uphold Human Rights Ahead Of Elections?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Screenshot Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections due to take place on 25 February must be free from further violence and...

Ugandan Dictator Museveni Oversees NAM Summit While His Authoritarian Fascist Policies Suppresses Ugandans

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Zacharia Kanyonyozi  The 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit is being held in Kampala, the 18th one was held...

U.S. Supreme Court Continues Rightward March, Faces Legitimacy Crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: SCOTUSYouTube Screenshot A year ago, the six-justice supermajority plunged the Supreme Court into a legitimacy crisis. The justices ignored decades of...

Labor Holds The Line in Argentina

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This March, Argentina’s school year began with empty classrooms. The price of learning materials rose by 502 percent over the past year, leaving...

Big Ten Basketball: Zach Edey And No. 1 Purdue Boilermakers Visit Nebraska Tonight

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 9, 2024 – Reigning men’s National Player of the Year Zach Edey and the No....

Police Corruption And Misconduct: Black Man Exonerated In New York City After 25-Year Wrongful...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Elijah Craig II/Innocence Project/YouTube Screenshots Monday, after more than 25 years of wrongful conviction and incarceration, Jabar Walker was finally exonerated...

Florida: FPL Announces Opening Of SECME Scholarship To High School Seniors

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: FPLYouTube Screenshot (Black PR Wire) JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Florida’s growing economy continues to need more skilled employees to meet workforce...

Amnesty International: UN Resolution To Expedite Humanitarian Aid To Gaza Important But Insufficient Step

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Amnesty International Photos: YouTube Screenshots In response to the United Nations Security Council adoption of a compromise resolution calling for “urgent steps...

Militarized Funding in Biden Budget Totals Well Over $1 Trillion (and it will grow)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Today the White House released President Biden’s budget proposal, including a proposal for $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for FY 2025, which begins...

Alabama: Prison Supervisor Charged With Assaulting Two Men

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo: Jefferson County Jail Last week, a federal grand jury charged former Alabama Department of Corrections Lieutenant Mohammad Jenkins (above) with obstructing...

AOC Introduces Amendment Banning Israel From Using U.S. Aid To Deploy White Phosphorous Against...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced an amendment expressly banning Israel from using United States military...

Mayor Adams’ Budget Cuts Shields Police Misconduct And Violence By Slashing Oversight Measures

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: VideoYouTube Screenshots New York, New York – At their board meeting tonight, the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) announced they will...

Clothing Manufacturer Jefferson Osei To Speak At Global Black Impact Summit 2023

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: LinkedInFacebook CAPE TOWN; South Africa —Jefferson Osei will speak at Global Black Impact Summit 2023. This recent development was announced this...

New Jersey Activist Lawrence Hamm Announces Run For U.S. Senate

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: Facebook Lawrence Hamm, a social justice activist and chairman of the People’s Organization For Progress, has announced that he is a...

Coco Gauff Wins 1st Grand Slam Title With Wild Comeback

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Screenshots Coco Gauff has been earmarked as the future of women’s tennis since she was 15 years old. That future...

Innocence Project Highlighting Cases Of Wrongful Convictions In Honor Of Wrongful Conviction Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Timothy Cole (Image: Courtesy of the Innocence Project) Timothy Cole died of a heart attack in prison in 1999 while serving a...

Policing Investigations In Tennessee And Connecticut Highlight Need For Redesigning America’s Police Departments

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photos: YouTube Last week, two news stories broke with enormous significance not just for redesigning public safety in the United States, but...