Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist
“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes’ required by international law for the death penalty,” the...
World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash
The 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), which runs from 10 to 21 March, is instrumental in promoting women’s...
Four years on, here’s what total exclusion of women in Afghanistan looks like
Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, gender equality agency UN Women is warning that the situation for...
Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows
Data from a new report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Mixed Migration Centre...
West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
Mr. Guterres’s intervention late Wednesday comes amid one of the biggest Israeli Security Forces (ISF) operations in the West Bank in years – the...
We Need the Joy of Black Music Month — by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as...
Fighting Fascism, Then and Now — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick –
“Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is...
World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own
Speaking to UN News from the wartorn enclave to mark World Humanitarian Day, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that...
A Mother-Son Message of Resistance to the World
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Part 1.
As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and...
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...
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions...
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, in relation to...
Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
“Today, we have a new Syria, one that's brimming with hope and opportunity,” David Carden told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.He warned,...
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...
The Science of Decoding the Universe-Origin: How to find truth, joy, and accuracy at...
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Surveys on people’s belief showed that most Americans don’t literally believe in the Biblical account of creation. Some think that God...
Particular, Universal and Common Ground.
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This is a revisiting of an early and ongoing conversation about the shared meaning of Kwanzaa, its...
Relentlessly Resisting Genocide, Injustice and Oppression Everywhere
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
As Trump and Netanyahu huddle together in their twin blood-soaked cocoons and caves of hubris and holocaust...
Fraud, Waste and Abuse
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
The dystopian man who lives in the House that Enslaved People Built campaigned that he would reduce...
Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
Russia’s full-scale invasion has forced more than 1.8 million women to flee their homes within Ukraine, while nearly 6.7 million require humanitarian assistance.More than...
What Would Martin Do? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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What would Dr. King do this birthday?
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do to celebrate his...
Gaza: Access to food improves but living conditions remain dire
Speaking from Gaza to journalists in New York, Antoine Renard said that two months into the ceasefire, food access has significantly improved but Gazans...
The Unstoppable Rise of Black Women Voters
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By Glynda C. Carr —
As we approach this critical election season, a remarkable story unfolds across America. Young Black women are...
Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign
“There were 87,000 vaccinated on the first day out of 156,000 that we are hoping to reach in the Middle Area,” said Louise Wateridge,...
Vantage Point: Reflections on the Million Man March
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October 28, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
An open forum with the Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor on the Soapbox. Audience...
What is the International Criminal Court?
Established in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC is a criminal court that can bring cases against individuals for war crimes or...
