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‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion...

“The money simply is not reaching the women and girls who need it most,” UN Women said in a news release issued on Monday....

International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions move

The court was established by the Rome Statute, negotiated within the UN – but it is a fully independent court set up to try...

What Would We Do Without Immigrants? — by Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Douglas Turner Ward (1930-2021) wrote a searing play, Days of Absence that depicted the way life might...

When Big Tech’s thirst threatens our health, we must demand better

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  In Morrow County, Oregon, families are living through a crisis. According to a Rolling Stone investigation, mothers have...

Trump’s affordability crisis is catching up to Republicans as Black and Brown voters shift

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel — Donald Trump won 48% of Latino voters in 2024 – the best Republican showing in...

Walking, Spiritually Holding Haji Malcolm’s Hand

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The murder and martyrdom of Nana George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and our 5th anniversary commemorations...

‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fibrosis affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable

16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the...

Malcolm X Day Edition — Report Back from Honoring Louise Langdon Little in Grenada

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). May 19, 2025 Malcolm X Day Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Schmeeka Simpson...

Gaza: UNICEF mourns seven children killed queuing for water

The incident occurred in central Gaza on Sunday, according to media reports, which said that four other people also lost their lives due to...

A Model and Mirror of Service, Sacrifice and Struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — This February 21, 2025, marks the 60th Anniversary of the assassination and martyrdom of El Hajj Malik...

Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened

The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency...

Absent faces, destroyed homes – young students paint the pain of Gaza

Their paintings and drawings range from a portrait of an esteemed Palestinian poet and family members killed in conflict, to a sky blackened by...

The “Liberation” of California? — The MAGA dictator has moved us closer to a...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Trump administration’s big lie is that only the most vicious and violent of those in the country without proper documentation...

World News in Brief: Syria human rights update, Cuba post-hurricane support still vital, impunity...

UN human rights investigators were informed of the discovery - made last month – during a five-day mission to Al-Hassakeh Governorate that concluded on Tuesday.  The team heard first-hand testimonies...

Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Littane Ilfrard traces the deep and complex history of immigration to highlight why today’s Haitian immigrants in the U.S. deserve better. By...

UNRWA headquarters bulldozed in East Jerusalem

Responding to the dramatic development, head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees Philippe Lazzarini described it as an “unprecedented attack” against the UN,...

The Syria prison survivor who’s seeking justice for those still missing

Today, with the backing of the UN, one of those former detainees, Syrian human rights defender Riyad Avlar, is working to find out what...

It’s Not Just the Fascism

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This column is particularly for those people who live in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona...

Reflections on My Trip to Egypt — Dr. Brenda M. Greene

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The story of Ancient Egypt’s enduring and innovative civilization has been uprooted from the memory of African People. — Chester Higgins,...

Why Trump’s Immigrant Onslaught is His Sure-Fire Political Meal Ticket

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). 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: Ending famine, refugee solidarity in Kenya, Ukraine civilian casualties update

In an alert, Cindy McCain – who heads the World Food Programme (WFP) – attributed a “dangerous and deepening global hunger crisis” to violent...

In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher discusses finding positivity while mourning the change...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In Salon interview, Dr. Gail C. Christopher, an award-winning change agent and executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity...

Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds

That’s the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social and economic stresses that are...

Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists

Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Türk condemned the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel that...