April 4, 2022 7pm ET — A Virtual National Town Hall Meeting to Mobilize Support for the Declaration of Gentrification as a “State of Emergency in Black America and Create a United Front to Defend and Develop Sustainable Black Communities. Hosted by Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, Newark, NJ. Convened by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Dr. Ron Daniels, President.
Monday, April 4, 2022 — On this edition of Vantage Point, The Professor Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by Mayor Ras J. Baraka. Topic #1 State of Newark Address: “Newark…
By Kim Whiting, TheReporters.org — In Tulsa, Oklahoma, not even Martin Luther King gets south of the tracks. The north side of town encompasses the predominantly Black, low-income neighborhoods and MLK…
The world’s largest online retailer is no longer union-free in the U.S., following a remarkable election victory by an independent union. By Dave Jamieson, HuffPost — Amazon warehouse workers on…
By Abigail Weinberg, Mother Jones — Most Americans think it’s time to legalize weed. A whopping 91 percent of our Republic says that marijuana should be allowed for medical use,…
The jury found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, and ordered the city of Denver to pay 12 who sued. By Associated Press — A federal…
By Sir Ronald Sanders — On March 25, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, publicly pointed out that “only six of our 34 active member…
By Emmanuel Joseph, Barbados Today — Prime Minister Mia Mottley has made yet another call for reparations from Barbados’ former colonisers, stressing that slavery not only resulted in the underdevelopment…
Tens of thousands moved to the country to study, then were displaced by the Russian invasion. Will Europe let them stay? By Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker — As the…
Thousands of workers beat the odds and voted to become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the US. By Caitlin Harrington, WIRED — A SCRAPPY GROUP of Amazon workers in…
“This is big,” said one economist on the reported tax plan that another called a “landmark proposal” to force the nation’s wealthiest individuals to pay their fair share. By Jon…
The Ongoing Covid Disaster is still with us as the U.S. reaches 1 Million Dead By Margaret Kimberley, LA Progressive — Nothing shows the abject failure of the Joe Biden…