The conflict that ripped the country apart 160 years ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue. By Toluse Olorunnipa, The Washington Post — What started with a single question from…
January 15, 2024 MLK Day Edition of Vantage Point — Host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined by special guest Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Executive Director, Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL. Topic: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King “A Time to Break Silence”.
By Kali Holloway, AlterNet — The Martin Luther King Jr. who is cynically trotted out every time racial unrest erupts in our cities is the MLK who can be conveniently…
By Hajar Yazdiha, The Conversation — Since the onset of Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and the West Bank after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, debates have arisen among historians and…
Source: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture — On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law, designating the third Monday in…
Civil rights groups were understandably horrified after Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting Black students have lower IQs. By Victor Tangermann — Earlier this week, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk endorsed…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA — Religious leaders and human rights advocates, led by Reverend Jesse Jackson, are preparing for what they call a vital emergency summit for Gaza. The “Call to Action” summit is scheduled at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago on Friday, January 12, and Saturday, January 13.
The Cost of Inheritance The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special, is an hour-long documentary that explores the complex issue of reparations in the United States using a thoughtful…
Haiti at the center of our moral concern: Ending the suffering, achieving genuine self-determination
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In the midst of our rightful concern and support for the many oppressed and struggling peoples of the world, the people of Haiti must also…
By Craig Mokhiber – Phyllis Bennis, CounterPunch — 1948 was a year of tragic irony. That year saw the adoption of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the…
Lawyers for South Africa argued before the World Court in The Hague why Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and why the court must stop them now, reports Joe Lauria….
By Jeff Mason, Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced white supremacy and political violence in a direct message to Black voters during a visit to South Carolina aimed at…