The longtime House member becomes mayor as the city faces a siege of homelessness and violent crime that prior leaders have failed to halt. By Reis Thebault, The Washington Post…
New headquarters for West African regional bloc is Beijing’s latest multimillion dollar ‘gift’ in decades of diplomatic outreach. The structures are meant to project Beijing as an enduring partner on…
Black homeownership is often caught up in the institutional failures of the past and the continued transgressions today. By Ronda Lee, Yahoo! Money — For Mel Ligon and his wife,…
By Scott Neuman, NPR — Shortly after going to work for the Tulsa Historical Society in 2001, Michelle Place recalls historian Richard Warner hefting a large cardboard box atop her…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2020 to create a statewide panel to study reparations for Black Californians. By Kurtis Lee, The New York Times — When Gov. Gavin…
On October 27, 2022, President Biden appointed BSICS Co-Founder and Board Chair, Dr. Carol D. Lee (Mama Safisha) to the U.S. National Board for Educational Sciences. The National Board for…
We are starting to see evidence that those on the far right are jockeying for position in a potential post-Trump world. By Matt Lewis, Daily Beast — Now that the…
Come January, Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues will face a 51-49 Senate Democratic majority – making Biden’s job a little easier. By Lloyd Green, The Guardian — Tuesday delivered…
Topic: The Justice Project: Reparations for Blacks in Atlanta Description: Sponsored by the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the purpose of the forum will be to…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we move once again into the month of December and the season of celebration of the good at the year’s end, Kwanzaa will again…
By Julianne Malveaux — Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced HR-40 in every congressional session from 1989 until he left Congress in 2017. Then, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) ably took…
Dec 5, 2022 Edition of Vantage Point The Professor Dr. Ron Daniels on the soapbox addressing the critical issues of our time. Topics include: Ye’s Antisemitic Rant • Mayor Adams…