Deep Meanings and Expansive Message
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance,...
Continuing the Struggle For An Inclusive Good
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
On Monday of this week, the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Liberal Arts at...
External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN’s Guterres
And amid spiralling violence and the massacre of civilians linked to advancing opposition forces in the Darfurs at the weekend, the UN chief called...
DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger
The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform.“The humanitarian situation in the...
Joint Center responds to unprecedented removal of EEOC Commissioners
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WASHINGTON — In response to President Donald Trump’s decision to fire two commissioners of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers
His itinerary included a trip to Naqoura in the south – where the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is headquartered – and he...
IBW Congratulates Chairman Richard Adams on Receiving Prestigious Proclamation from City of Pittsburgh
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Mayor Ed Gainey and the city honor Richard Adams for over four decades of leadership, integrity, and civic engagement
The Institute of...
UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
Speaking at the session Who Brokers Trust Now? at the World Economic Forum, Annalena Baerbock warned that multilateral institutions – long seen as the...
Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche was the...
UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise
In a news release on Friday, High Commissioner Volker Türk said individuals suspected of being undocumented migrants are being surveilled, arrested and detained –...
Ukraine: Families in ‘survival mode’ amid Russian strikes and deadly cold
“Families have actually reverted to stuffing even soft toys to their windows to block some of the freezing cold,” said Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Country...
WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
On Friday, WFP announced it had delivered its last remaining supplies to kitchens preparing hot meals which are expected to be completely gone within...
Trump 2.0 and the implications for the Caribbean and the Americas — By Dr....
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By Dr. Michael Witter —
Even more urgently than in previous USA presidential elections, the Caribbean needs to anticipate the kinds of...
We Must Finish the Work Dr. King Died Doing
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To honor Martin Luther King Jr. honestly is to remember that he was organizing to make the dream real—and to decide...
US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
His Office, OHCHR, has received information that over 100 Venezuelan deportees are being detained at a notorious prison in El Salvador. OHCHR said 142,000 people...
Why Trump’s Immigrant Onslaught is His Sure-Fire Political Meal Ticket
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Noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson in a revealing expose tells why Trump’s immigrant onslaught is his sure-fire political meal ticket...
World News in Brief: Food insecurity triples, Mozambique aid boost, Uganda elections alert
FAO aims to support more than 100 million people in 54 countries by the end of 2026, with a funding goal of $2.5 billion.The...
Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children’s nursery, hospital
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was appalled to learn that multiple drone strikes on 4 December...
A “Dress Rehearsal” for an Assault on Cuba
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Vantage PointArticles & Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century joins the overwhelming chorus of voices...
A Browder Perspective & the Black Seeds Calendar
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On this Ujamaa Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka The Professor, is joined by Anthony Browder — author, publisher,...
America’s long history of anti-Haitian racism, explained
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The US has often singled out Haitian immigrants. GOP attacks are the latest example.
By Li Zhou, Vox —
This past week, Republicans amplified...
DC and Chocolate Cities in Danger
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Join us in person or via livestream for an Emergency Summit: DC and Chocolate Cities in Danger — “Putting I.C.E. on...
Concerns raised about ‘coercive’ repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania
As of the end of November 2025, there were over 140,000 Burundian refugees in neighbouring Tanzania, who have fled over years of civil unrest...


























