The Yard Brings Together Alumni, Students And Supporters For Kamala Harris
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The Yard—Howard’s cultural center—hosts Harris and a community united by legacy, leadership and resilience.
By Rachel Bunch, Essence —
The Yard, the heart...
UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the...
150,000+ Deaths in 10 Years of Militant Violence
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By The Africa Center for Strategic Studies —
Driven by escalating violence in the Sahel, Somalia, and Lake Chad Basin, the 22,307...
End senseless killings in the West Bank: UN rights office
OHCHR has urged Israel to stop all extrajudicial executions and other unlawful use of force and ensure all those responsible are brought to justice.Over...
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,...
Teaching Artist Institute and Vatican Officials Talk Reparations and Healing
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Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) Founder Kim Poole Meets with Vatican Officials to Advance Reparatory Justice, Land Repatriation, and Cultural Restitution.
Rome, Italy...
ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities
In a video posted on social media, Karim Khan urged victim groups, civil society organizations, national authorities, and international partners to engage with his...
Progress in protecting women is real but fragile, UN-backed report warns
Launched on Thursday, the Spotlight Initiative Impact Report details how legal reform, social mobilisation and investment in survivor services have driven transformative change across...
‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
In recent weeks, widespread flooding has engulfed large parts of Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity states in the north of the country.The agency’s representative...
Jimmy Carter – Faith in Action
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
As our beloved 37th President’s body makes its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to...
Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen
With many victims believed to be Ethiopian nationals, this heartbreaking incident highlights the “urgent need to address the dangers of irregular migration along the...
First Person: Moving from fear to hope after war on drugs in the Philippines
Thousands of people across the Southeast Asian country were reportedly killed during the so-called war on drugs which was promoted by the last Filipino...
UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
That’s the message from Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, speaking on Tuesday after concluding a five-day visit to...
Lest We Forget the Betrayal of Native People
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
Originally Penned on November 28, 2024
On this day, which has come to be...
Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say
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By Ian Wafula, BBC —
Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing.
Several women have taken their lives in Sudan’s central...
Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’
There are estimated to be some 400 of these criminal enterprises in the Philippines alone. They are almost always operated clandestinely and illegally alongside...
Authoritarian wave in US shows democracy’s fragility, South African scholar says
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The racist upswell in the US looks “clearer from the outside,” says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids.
By George Yancy , Truthout...
IBW’s Grenada Action Agenda – Institute of the Black World 21st Century
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Fostering collaboration with government and civil society to honor history and support people-based democracy and development in Grenada
Overview
Pursuant to the commitment...
Floods, landslides wreak havoc across South Asia
The worst affected regions are Chattogram and Sylhet, where major rivers are “flowing well above danger levels”, further aggravating the situation, according to the...
Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
Recalling the mantra “nothing about us, without us”, which was coined by the disability rights movement, UN rights chief Volker Türk insisted that the international...
Malcolm’s Mama Lit His Fire
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti ‘shamefully overlooked’, warns Guterres
Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily...
A powerful tribute to Louise Langdon Little by Kim Poole
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Kim Poole, Founder and Director of the Teaching Artist Institute (Baltimore, MD), delivers a moving tribute to Louise Langdon Little—the mother...
ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe
That “roadmap”, Prosecutor Karim Khan explained, details a focused set of activities over the next 18 months and beyond “to significantly expand the impact...
