Part II. By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Nana Gwen Brooks was an internationally recognized and respected poet, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient when she decided to join the Black…
Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Originally Penned on November 28, 2024 On this day, which has come to be known as Thanksgiving, it is important…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — November 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York the nation, and indeed the world celebrates this Black woman,…
Vantage Point Special Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels In the aftermath of the shocking election of Donald J. Trump to a second term to the White House, President…
By Don Rojas — One week after America and the world was stunned by the outcome of the national elections on November 5th, 2024, we find ourselves debating, reflecting, agonizing and desperately seeking answers. As we continue to decipher the…
By Dr. Michael Witter — Even more urgently than in previous USA presidential elections, the Caribbean needs to anticipate the kinds of impacts that a Trump 2024 regime following the…
Vantage Point Vignette Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Today is November 16, two days after the Institute of the Black World 21st Century’s (IBW) momentous National/International Town Hall…
By Sherrilyn Ifill — It wasn’t the Electoral College. It wasn’t gerrymandering, or even voter suppression. America was undone this week by the disease that sits in our national DNA…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — By the time this column is read, there will be evidence of a winner of this presidential election, even if, as expected, it is denied…
By Rev. Irene Monroe — The last time I saw a huge gathering of Black men was the Million Man March in 1995. They came to the nation’s capital to…
By Ben Jealous — The state of Alabama destroyed their homes. Your federal tax dollars helped pay for it. We are checking back in on the historic Black Shiloh community in Elba,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — No one can miss or mistake the deep and insistent anxiety, apprehension and righteous anger that precede and mark this coming presidential election. For its…