By Keith Magee — Historically Black fraternities and sororities – often referred to as Black Greek-letter organizations, or BGLOs – have been making a difference in the lives of Black…
Powered by Black World Media Network Powered by the Black World Media Network February 12, 2024 Black History Month Edition of Vantage Point On this Black History Month edition of…
By Julianne Malveaux — Did you know that Black History Month was once Negro History Week? The first Negro History Week was established on February 7, 1926, by Dr. Carter…
By Ben Jealous — Far too often, big polluters feed us the lie that we have to choose between clean air or a healthy economy. Last week, the Biden-Harris administration…
By Crystal Eddins, AAIHS — This piece follows up on the January 2019 post “Haitian and French Petrol Protests in the Age of Climate Change.” Since that time, the PetrolCaribe…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels As the renowned boxer Roy Jones, Jr. one famously proclaimed: “You must have forgot.” Far too many Americans must have…
“For us, it is continued protection,” says Wine, whose brutal fight to end his country’s 38-year governing regime is followed in the film. By Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter —…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is, as always, a timeless library of life experiences and life lessons that inform and instruct us on the significance and centrality of this…
‘King Richard’ helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green chronicles Marley’s rise to fame and his attempts to bring peace through his music. By Lovia Gyarkye, Hollywood Reporter — During a 1979 interview with Bob Marley,…
Rallies have paralysed the country amid calls for ouster of Ariel Henry in line with political agreement forged in 2022. Source: Al Jazeera — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has…
By Julianne Malveaux — Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) attacked his colleague, St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), with rash, brash, and out-of-control language. It happened at the end of…
By Ben Jealous — With the start of Black History Month, I brace myself for the mis-telling of Black History yet again. In schoolhouses and everywhere the stories are told,…