MAGA’s March Toward American Authoritarianism
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It’s not about freedom.It’s about revenge, retribution, and red hats.
By Desi Cortez, Black Commentator —
Fascism has finally made its grand entrance into...
Principles and Practices of Lived Pan-Africanism
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In the words our honored ancestors used to describe our “rising in radiance”, the world encompassing embrace...
Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel
It details the obligations for Israel, third-party States and the UN to bring to an end the unlawful occupation, according to the UN Independent...
China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework
The 31 August 2022 report stated that violations had taken place in the context of the Government’s assertion that it was targeting terrorists among...
Double Down on Black Voters
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Vantage Point VignetteDr. Ron Daniels, President, IBW-ACTION
I recently penned a piece entitled, Democracy in Danger: Black Led Rainbow Wave to the...
Kim Poole’s Tribute to Malcolm’ Mother + Where, Oh Where, Is Bev Smith?
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March 31, 2025Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Kim Poole, Founder...
World News in Brief: West Bank deaths, Venezuela rights violations, soaring debt worldwide
Israel’s large-scale operation in the north is continuing, OCHA said in a daily news update, which accounts for 27 of the deaths “where lethal...
Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF
UNICEF’s representative in Haiti, Geetanjali Narayan, told journalists that just last month, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, adding to the...
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...
Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...
Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave
Head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern at the development and said that the infant, from Deir...
Middle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadside
“There’s 11,600 pregnant women who are affected, 4,000 are anticipated to give birth over the next three months,” said Anandita Philipose, Lebanon Representative for the...
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...
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...
What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?
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More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...
Weekend attacks in Ukraine bring more casualties, damage infrastructure
Between Friday and early morning Monday, Ukrainian authorities said that over a dozen civilians were killed and more than 70 others injured, including two children. Basic service disruptions...
Lebanon crisis: Health workers and facilities ‘targeted or hit’
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that ambulances and relief centres had been “targeted or hit in Lebanon, causing further casualties”, adding that...
Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza
This comes as humanitarians continue to receive reports that air strikes, shelling, gunfire and other continuing Israeli military operations in the enclave are causing more civilian casualties, displacement and destruction.In recent days,...
Israeli raids and settler attacks deepen humanitarian crisis in West Bank
Between 25 November and 1 December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in...
UN rights chief warns of deepening repression in Venezuela, rising toll in Ukraine
Presenting oral updates to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in Venezuela has not improved...
Remembering Woodie King, Jr., Reflections from Dr. Brenda M. Greene
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Condolences and Reflections from Dr. Brenda M. GreeneFounder & Executive Director EmeritusCenter for Black Literature, CUNY
—Woodie King Jr., the founder of...
Black Work in an Age of Fragile Employment
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Labor economists like me mark our calendars for the first Friday of each month, when the Bureau...
Sudan war: Kordofan’s El-Obeid ‘one or two steps’ away from being attacked
“People in Sudan are not moving by choice, they are running just to find safety,” said Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan.Speaking from...
Sudan: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by summary executions, attacks on civilians
Government forces and a rival military – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – have been battling for control of the country since April 2023...
