We Will Not Be Erased — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing...
In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher discusses finding positivity while mourning the change...
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In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher, an award-winning change agent and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity...
Demand Diversity Roundtable Response to Administration’s Threat To DEI
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Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League
“A second Trump administration intends to abandon efforts to advance and legally defend affirmative action...
On Hot Seat for the Fires in LA: Rally Around Karen Bass
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Host of the influential Hutchinson Report and Founder of the...
DR Congo emergency: next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies
Dead bodies lie in the streets, hospitals are overwhelmed and there has been an uptick in reports of sexual violence, rape and looting.“Roads are...
DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
In a briefing on Monday, Mr. Lacroix told journalists in New York that some staff from the UN’s Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic...
Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’
President Trump’s executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which his new foreign...
Panama, Greenland, Palestine, Ukraine: What About National Self-Determination?
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By Ted Glick –
Ever since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine I’ve been thinking about the issue of the right of nations...
Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires
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January 27, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires | Black History & Culture.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author, Political...
DR CONGO CRISIS: Live updates as Security Council holds emergency meeting
Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday morning on the heels of...
January 20, 2025 – Joy and Pain
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
For Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that Dr. King’s...
Dr. Ron Daniels’ Reflections on the 2025 Inauguration
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The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, shares his reflections on the 2025 Presidential Inauguration in this commentary. With his unique perspective as...
America, You Are an Extremely Unserious Country — By David A. Love, JD
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Lawmakers will band together to ban an app, raise their salaries or bomb Brown babies in a foreign country, but they...
Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed on Sunday just hours before Mr. Biden left office, commutes Mr. Peltier’s life sentences to home confinement, allowing...
Rev. Dr. Robert Turner Discusses Reparations, Faith, and Social Justice with Dr. Jamal Bryant
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Dr. Jamal Bryant welcomes Reverend Dr. Robert Turner, NAARC Commissioner and Pastor of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore, MD, to the “Let’s Be...
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
“We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in...
Its Ongoing Struggle for Life and Liberation, Pt. 2
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Part 2.
It is important to note that the legacy and lessons we speak of here are not...
The Bishop Who Stood Up to Trump
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
In the spirit of resistance and transformation which I have been repeatedly advocating,...
Teaching Artist Institute and Vatican Officials Talk Reparations and Healing
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Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) Founder Kim Poole Meets with Vatican Officials to Advance Reparatory Justice, Land Repatriation, and Cultural Restitution.
Rome, Italy...
‘We must be there for them now’ says UN relief chief, highlighting plight of...
"Today marks one of the rare times we are able to highlight positive developments, albeit amid catastrophic humanitarian needs in Gaza," Mr. Fletcher began.
He...
Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecution
On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice...
First IOM Aid to Gaza in Interagency Convoy Post-Ceasefire
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Amman, 23 January 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in coordination with partners in Jordan and Gaza, has dispatched...
Landmark Slavery Disclosure and Redress Act introduced in Illinois
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Springfield, IL, January 21, 2025 — In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, State Representative Sonya Harper of the...
President Trump Will Raise Your Energy Bills
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By Ben Jealous —
Ratepayers beware. Team Trump’s eagerness to enrich his fossil fuel industry cronies with his “drill baby drill” (and export...
