New data highlights ongoing economic disparities faced by Black people due to systemic discrimination
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Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) —
FPWA released a data update to our comprehensive analysis “A Look At the March on Washington...
NAACP unveils fresh data targeting 14.5 million Black voters following historic presidential debate
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NAACP President & CEO: “Make no mistake, our lives depend on our votes.”
During a September 13, 2024 press briefing, the NAACP unveiled...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods
Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...
Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression
In a new report, the Human Rights Council-mandated investigators described how security forces had raided dozens of homes of suspected critics of the Government...
Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps
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Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...
Vantage Point: Part 2 of “Restraining and Transforming American Capitalism: Why Labor Matters”
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September 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN...
Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720, adopted last December, which established her mandate following the brutal 7 October Hamas-led attacks...
Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary
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Internationally acclaimed journalist, political consultant and exemplary Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st...
Protect future generations from global decisions made today
In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, a powerful global organization advocating for the rights of the generations to come, convinces bankers and economists...
Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,” the...
Nigeria: Hundreds of thousands in need of aid as flooding wipes out homes –...
Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, collapsed in the middle of the night...
Slavery reparations backed by all candidates vying for Commonwealth boss
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters —
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a...
Notes on Revolution from a 1960s Lecture
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Fifty-nine years and 236 seasons ago, we met together to build an organization, actualize an idea and...
Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
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By Michael Lawrence Dickinson, AAIHS —
“What happened in Haiti between 1791 and 1804 contradicted much of what happened elsewhere in the...
Guterres condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff and 12 others in Israeli strike, calls...
In a statement released via his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the latest Israeli attack on a school serving as a shelter in Nuseirat...
World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, ‘unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 21,000 suspected cases of the viral disease, including over 5,000 confirmed cases and...
Trump Falls Apart — By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)...
With her rope-a-dope strategy, Kamala Harris baited Trump into scaring swing voters
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Last night’s debate will help give Democrats an edge. But strengthening the base remains crucial.
By Jeet Heer, The Nation —
If you...
Trump Must Go, Progressives Must Unite — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick —
Overall, it was both a relief and an energizer to see Kamala Harris put Donald Trump in his...
The figures who helped shape Vice President Harris
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By Ben Jealous —
When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in 2021, she swore her oath of office on...
Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe
The storm made landfall on Saturday in the country’s north with wind speeds reaching 213 kilometres (133 miles) per hour, causing severe flooding and...
Happy 90th Birthday to Sister Sonia Sanchez — By Dr. Ron Daniels
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Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Back in the day in Youngstown, Ohio, as a young aspiring Black Power,...
WFP supports millions amid ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Corinne Fleischer, WFP Director for the three regions, briefed reporters on her recent visits to the Gaza Strip and Ukraine.An increase in evacuation orders...
“Reparations Now” discussion at the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Conference
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Join Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Wilson Global Communications, and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee for the “Reparations Now” discussion at the Congressional...
