Dr. Benjamin Chavis Celebrated as ‘Father of the Environmental Justice movement’
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“Don’t cop out, cop in,” Chavis calls for activists to use their power at the upcoming United Nations COP30 conference.
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He Embraced Socialism and Class Struggle toward end of life
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Leading Pan-African and advocate for African unity
By Milton Allimadi —
Malcolm X—who would be very proud of Ibrahim Traore, the Pan-African president...
Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage
In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting...
Trump Hosts African Leaders After Past Insults and Controversial Claims
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By April RyanBlackPressUSA Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent
President Trump will meet with African leaders at the White House on...
Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide
Closing this gap is not optional. There were189 million fewer women than men online in 2024. The disparity is about more than access, it...
Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder insisted that the Israeli proposal to create a handful of aid hubs exclusively in the south of...
Gaza: Deep concern for civilians as aid crossings remain shut
Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the Kerem Shalom, Zikim and Erez crossings had remained closed...
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...
‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on
The latest death toll has surpassed more than 41,000 people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health – the majority of them women and...
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...
Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns
‘The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World’, explores three megatrends young people face including climate disasters,...
UN support continues in Syria and Lebanon
Geir Pedersen has been meeting with French, German and Russian authorities, the UN reported on Monday, which includes engagement with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
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...
Panama, Greenland, Palestine, Ukraine: What About National Self-Determination?
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By Ted Glick –
Ever since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine I’ve been thinking about the issue of the right of nations...
Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators
Many of the victims were Alawite, a minority community in Syria, which the former ruling Assad family belonged to. Some community members are believed...
‘Racism requires ignorance’: How art and culture can help end racial discrimination
"Ignorance allows for racism, but racism requires ignorance. It requires that we don't know the facts," says Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor of African and...
Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights...
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine have taken or are considering steps to withdraw from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,...
No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
“They are losing their lives, they are sick, hungry, exhausted, holding families together despite their constant fear and loss,” said Maryse Guimond, speaking from Jerusalem to journalists at...
Indian Ocean tsunami anniversary: A call to safeguard future generations
On Boxing Day – 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, unleashing a massive tsunami that swept across the...
Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise, a ray of hope
Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres said that the world is witnessing more armed conflicts than at any time since the end of the...
Haiti: UN relief chief implores ‘we have to do better’ to support gang-ravaged nation
“I’m ashamed on behalf of the world that we cannot find it in ourselves to be more compassionate, to be more kind, to recognise...
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.
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Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist who built a fortune in 19th-century...
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Overview: Originally published on Feb. 3, 2019 in The Haitian Times, this article explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a...
The White Supremacist-in-Chief — By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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By Earl Ofari Hutchinson —
White supremacy, not the Constitution, is now the law of the land, courtesy of Donald Trump. It...
