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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...

IOM and IHP Expand Humanitarian Hub in Chad to Aid 220,000 Amid Sudan Crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Farchana/ Geneva, 5 March 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) completed this week...

The Ugly Irony of Jan 6th: Certifying the Election of an Insurrectionist

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Vantage Point Radio » Professor on the Soapbox: The Ugly...

Nigerian President Tinubu’s pardon of ‘Ogoni Nine’ draws ethnic group’s rejection

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ope Adetayo, Reuters — Nigeria’s Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed three decades ago by...

Open Forum on the Great Issues of the Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, June 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” hosts an...

Why the Smithsonian’s story of slavery matters for America’s future

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In a recent Newsweek opinion column, Kevin Powell draws on personal experience and cultural history to argue that America must tell...

IOM Chief and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Visit Gaza

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amman, 20 February 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied...

IOM and Japan partner to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to displaced and conflict-affected people...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Beirut, 8 November 2024 – The Government of Japan has provided USD 1 million to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...

Cross-Border Trade and Economic Immigration In Central Africa

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yaoundé — On February 25,2025, The International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC) hosted a workshop on Migration and Trade, organized by...

Bobi Wine exclusive CNN interview with Larry Madowo

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). CNN’s Larry Madowo interviews Bobi Wine in Kampala and is teargassed while covering a rally in Nakawa West. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu...

Remembering and Re-Reading Woodson: Envisioning An Emancipatory Education

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History...

IOM Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza, Urges Immediate Humanitarian Access

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 15, January 2025  – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza and urges all parties...

The Erasure of Black Political Power

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Dismantling of Black Political Power Since Louisiana v. Callais: Unmasking the Architecture of a Third Counter-Reconstruction By Selwyn CarterEditor-in-Chief, Black Politics...

Why do most people believe in and stick with incorrect universe origin theories?

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). With the plethora of scientific data and beautiful pictures of celestial bodies that...

Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part 1

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, honors Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Senior Pastor Emeritus of the...

Surprised by the Headlines About White Men and College? Time for a Reality Check.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous —  The headlines this month about White men, college admissions, and the fallout from ending affirmative action startled a...

Statement from IOM Spokesperson: IOM Chief Visit to Tunisia

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Tunis, 5 May 2025 – At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and...

Statement from IOM Spokesperson on Situation in Yemen

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva, 28 April 2025 – We are deeply saddened by the reports of the tragic loss of life in Sa'dah, Yemen,...

Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ian Wafula, BBC — Warning: This story contains details some may find distressing. Several women have taken their lives in Sudan’s central...

The scientific and technological revolution following the groundbreaking decoding on the universe-origin – Science180

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). The world just witnessed the #1 discovery of all time: the decrypting of the formation of the universe and life. No...

Nearly 750,000 Displaced Syrians Have Returned to Their Places of Origin, New IOM Data...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Damascus/ Geneva, 7 March 2025 – A new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) shows that almost 750,000 internally...

Senate Democrats Cave on Disastrous Republic Spending Bill

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels It was shocking, shameful and demoralizing to witness a handful of nervous, spinless...

Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...

IOM and Japan Mark 25 Years of Partnership with Emergency Preparedness and Climate-Resilient Infrastructure...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bobonaro, Timor-Leste – As the rainy season looms, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with the Embassy of Japan in...