Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels
By Adele M. Stan – A pattern is emerging in the administration’s scandal-defense playbook: Go after black women. It’s no secret that a toxic combination of misogyny and racism helped Donald J. Trump win the presidency. Never mind dog whistles and code—Trump proudly displayed his contempt for women and non-white people throughout his campaign. But another likely helper to that victory was one whose involvement Trump and his allies would prefer to have kept under wraps: the government of Russia, a U.S. adversary.
By Valerie Wilson, Janelle Jones – Over the last several decades, black workers have been offering more to the economy and the labor market to incredibly disappointing results in pay and unemployment. Some have argued that the disparity in wages between blacks and white is the result of white workers working longer and harder than black workers…
Wait, does the United States have 1.3 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most people in state and federal prisons locked up for drug offenses? Frustrating questions like these abound because our systems of confinement are so fragmented and controlled by various entities.
I come to this great magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization that brought us together, Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam…
Report Back from Cali Colombia South America – Vantage Point Radio Show hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels with guests James Early – Consultant, Cultural Democracy and Statecraft Heritage Policy, African Diaspora,…
Press Release – At a Press Conference at City Hall Friday, March 31, Mayor Bill DeBlasio made it official; he is putting the full weight of his administration behind the recommendation of an Independent Commission to close the notorious Rikers Island Jail.
By Sarah Lazare – A new coalition emerges. On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “Beyond Vietnam” speech in which he denounced the scourges of “poverty, racism, and militarism.” Exactly one year later, he was assassinated…
By Michael Harriot – One of the biggest bait and switches ever pulled on American citizens was the ruse of collectively shared farming. It was a simple but effective long con. Farmers and plantation owners convinced newly freed slaves and poor people to work a portion of their land in exchange for a share of the harvest.
By Tracy Jan – #BankBlack movement tries to invigorate the dwindling numbers of black-owned banks.
By Chris Arnade – Residents who know the ugliness of racial politics all too well blame automation, not immigrants, for the destruction and despair that Trump promised to fix.
By Tana Ganeva – In 2010, the FBI launched Next Generation Identification, a sprawling, complex program designed to use biometric tools like facial recognition, finger and palm prints, and iris scans in criminal investigations. At the time, privacy advocates worried that the FBI would collect and use the data without adequate oversight or privacy protections, especially given the rapid advances in facial recognition technology.