Haitian women, recount brutal mass expulsions from Dominican Republic
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Pregnant and breastfeeding women among hundreds expelled amid hospital crackdowns and raids.
By Edxon Francisque, Haitian Times —
Before dawn, they come knocking...
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part III
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Monday, January 26, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, continues the conversation...
150,000 Rohingya flee to Bangladesh amid renewed Myanmar violence
As armed clashes intensify and conditions worsen inside Myanmar, thousands continue to cross the border seeking safety in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar,...
Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a...
The 2025 Global AIDS Update released on Thursday by UNAIDS – the global body’s agency fighting AIDS and HIV infection – warns that a...
Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city of Manbij, where...
Reign of Terror
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
They came to MacArthur Park on horseback and in riot gear, their faces covered and their weapons...
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part III
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This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, continues the conversation with Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Senior Pastor...
Do a show on the Biblical power of modern science
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Since its invention, science has tremendously helped humankind. At the same time, science is one of the modern means used by...
The “Liberation” of California? — The MAGA dictator has moved us closer to a...
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The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation...
Former U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, dies at 94
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Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at...
UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key...
The strike, which hit the densely populated Jnah neighbourhood, also injured 60 people and reportedly damaged the Rafik Hariri University Hospital. At least three...
Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said Juliette Touma, Director of...
Afghanistan’s returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery
Since September 2023, some three million Afghans have returned – many having been forcibly deported from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. Often, they arrive exhausted,...
Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day
The UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that this marks the longest period without aid or commercial supplies entering the Strip since...
The Genius of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson — Legacy and Lessons from the 1984...
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A Special Two-Hour Edition of Vantage PointMonday, October 20, 2025, from 3–5 PM ET
Dr. Ron Daniels, “The Professor,” hosts a special...
UN Envoy hails Colombia’s peace process as global model, calls for more funding
Following the signing of Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement, more than 13,000 former FARC combatants laid down their arms within a year, surrendering nearly 9,000...
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 20 June
One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva today as foreign ministers from France,...
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...
Myanmar: UN experts call for ‘course correction’ as civilian deaths reach 6,000
“There are now 6,000 reminders that the international community is failing the people of Myanmar,” the Human Rights Council-appointed experts stated in a news...
Reflections on the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “The Professor,” offers reflections on the Montgomery Bus Boycott and examines...
Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’
Although many States have intensified their efforts towards eradication, the practice continues across the world in part due to “the clandestine nature of cross-border...
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...
World News in Brief: Uganda’s refugee funding crisis, academic freedom tested in Serbia, rural...
Uganda has a progressive refugee policy which enables refugees to work and access public services. This coupled with its geographic proximity to crises has...
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and...
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International...
