IN SUMMARY A task force is helping state officials examine how African Americans have been harmed by slavery and systemic racism and, weighing that, how the state should respond. What…
By Michael Harriot, TheGrio — On Sept. 30, 2020, 401 years after human traffickers landed in Virginia and sold Africans to English settlers, California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 3121. The legislation…
By Michael Warren, AP News — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality…
By Beth Ellwood, PsyPost — A team of scientists has identified sharp increases in distress among the US population in the wake of George Floyd’s death. These increases in depression,…
By Mike Schneider, Associated Press — Brandon Manning and his wife were both born in the U.S. South and had been itching to return, but Manning didn’t want to go…
The bureau estimated that the 2020 census incorrectly counted 18.8 million residents, double-counting some, wrongly including others, and missing others entirely, even as it came extremely close to reaching an…
Monday, February 14, 2022 — Special guest A.T. Mitchell, Founder and Executive Director, Man Up, Inc., joins the Professor Dr. Ron Daniels on Vantage Point. Topics: Re-imagining Public Safety and…
Warns against return to “Giuliani Style” policing Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) called on New York’s Mayor Eric Adams to convene…
By Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos — I’ve been watching conversations on social media surrounding the need to include Caribbean History, along with Afro-Latin American history, as part of what…
Monday, February 7, 2022 — Special guest Mayor Ras J. Baraka joins the Professor Dr. Ron Daniels on Vantage Point. Topic #1: State of Newark Report With special guest Ras…
Metro Atlanta again leads the nation in support of local food options such as small farming and community garden programs, as well as education of residents about those options. On…
By Julianne Malveaux — Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton are doing the right thing when attending the Ahmaud Arbery trial. They demonstrate the solidarity that the Black community…