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The Crisis in America — Your Vision for the Future

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, April 20, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” hosts an...

UNICEF ‘outraged’ by killing of Gaza water truck drivers, urges investigation

In a statement issued on Friday, the agency warned that the incident threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of...

Student Debt Is Failing Millions. Apprenticeships Offer a Better Way.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  America’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion....

As the ‘world court’ turns 80, Guterres says law must prevail over force

The ICJ - the UN’s highest tribunal – settles disputes submitted by States and provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred by UN organs and agencies. Known as “the world court,” it is located at the Peace Palace...

Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea in 2025: UNHCR

Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are believed to have drowned at sea over approximately the last decade. “This makes, sadly, the Andaman Sea and the Bay...

Gaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls highlights ongoing crisis

The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed...

The Future of Work Is Already Here—and It’s Not What We Were Promised

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the...

Seriously Engaging Another Us-On-Earth Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we celebrate Us-On-Earth Day again this year, I want to raise again the urgent and ongoing...

Congressional Black Caucus Statement on the Ongoing Conflict in Sudan

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: “As Sudan...

The Epstein files: Rights experts demand accountability, call for probe into trafficking allegations

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts also issued a general warning over the “continuing violence of patriarchal power systems” revealed in the files, which the...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 15 April: Civilians continue to be at risk as tensions remain...

Across the Middle East, tensions remain high as Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue, a day after rare talks aimed at easing the conflict....

World failing Sudan as war enters a fourth year, UN relief chief warns

“This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to meet the test of Sudan,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom...

Yemenis are ‘hanging by a thread’ top aid official warns Security Council

The fragile United States-Iran ceasefire is holding, following over a month of strikes and counterstrikes in the Gulf region – and in connection with...

‘Time for diplomacy over escalation’ in Middle East war: Guterres

Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the Security Council, António Guterres said that humanitarian and other legal obligations are being disregarded in the...

Benefit Birthday Celebration in Youngstown

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You’re invited—Join supporters, friends, and allies in person or online for a benefit birthday celebration honoring Dr. Ron Daniels at 84,...

Fleeing Sudan’s war, refugees rebuild their lives in Uganda

Since war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, nearly 600,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived at the camp, some after gruelling journeys through several...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 14 April: Civilians suffer as uncertainty and tensions persist

As Israel and Lebanon prepare for talks in Washington, the UN Secretary-General has urged both sides to use all available diplomatic avenues to end...

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Bob Law

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, April 13, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET In this Special Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” is...

Sudan: Top UN aid official warns of ‘abandoned crisis’ as war enters fourth year

Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, said the crisis is following a grim pattern of repeated abuses and repeated suffering.“We are on repeat...

NAN Convention continues to grow at 35

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — Since its inception, the National Action Network (NAN) has grown exponentially, and the 35th convention this week, with...

Defending Democracy and the Different and Vulnerable

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — April 4th is Nana Dr. Martin Luther King’s Day of Sacrifice, the day of his assassination and...

An Authentic Genius — A Tribute by Dr. Ron Daniels

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). My wife and partner, Mary France-Daniels and I had the honor to attend the Private Homegoing Service for the Rev. Jesse...

World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’...

The warning comes from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP).They said “essential assistance to the refugees will be drastically scaled...

UN resolution on slavery reparations passes; U.S., Israel, and Argentina vote against

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Resolution passes with broad international support as the United States, Israel, and Argentina oppose reparations provisions. A United Nations resolution addressing the...