Rising child fatalities in Gaza amid starvation and medical shortages

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amidst the rubble of conflict, Gaza’s youngest bear the brunt of an escalating humanitarian crisis, with malnutrition and lack of medical...

Is a gang-led coup next?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Haiti is in chaos after a massive prison break and gangs calling for the resignation of its prime minister. How did...

Let Them Eat Flakes: Inflation, Nutrition and Reality

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to...

Prisoners, unions sue Alabama, alleging ‘modern-day slavery’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The lawsuit claims that Alabama’s system of prison labor generates massive profits for private businesses and revenues for the state by...

Letter to CARICOM president in response invitation to meet in Jamaica

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Initiative Posts » Haiti Support Project (HSP) Posts » Montana...

CARICOM leaders pledge free movement for nationals by March 2024 amid optimism and challenges

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In March 2024, CARICOM commits to free movement for all nationals, aiming to boost economic and social integration. This historic decision...

Church of England urged to expand fund to address slavery links

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Muvija M, Reuters — The Church of England’s 100 million pound fund to address its historical links to the slave trade...

Israeli peace activists are more anguished than ever − in a movement that has...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Secular Jewish groups have historically made up the majority of solidarity and peace groups. But Palestinian citizens and observant Jews are...

The Montana Accord Movement to the Rescue

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Haiti, our first Black Republic, is a virtual failed state where vicious gangs...

Communiqué – 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 25 –...

Tell the truth about Israel’s crimes against humanity

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as mediaoutlets go out of their way to obscure...

The (Identity) Politics of Reparations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Can ”reparationist“ be a distinct identity, akin to feminist or abolitionist, a label worn with pride by progressives who believe in...

Reclaiming our history and humanity in struggle

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in...

Appointments announced to New York Reparations Commission

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie Announce Appointments to New York State’s Commission to Study Reparations and Racial Justice. Albany,...

San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Janie Har, AP — Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role...

No God but Greed: Slavery and Indifference

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right....

Unfortunately Trump got it right about Michigan

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Following his smash performance in the Michigan Primary, unfortunately Trump was right when he said “We Win Michigan, We Win the...

Biden’s walk can beat Trump’s talk with the working class, but he needs to...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Spoiler alert! Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on the ballot this fall. By Ben Jealous — One way or another, the...

Democratic governors holding the line to protect Black history and books

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). “Those who do not learn their past will never know their power,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told theGrio. “It’s why we...

Eric Mathew Gairy was not a champion of Grenada’s independence.

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Lennie Fleary — After I wrote about Eric Matthew Gairy of Grenada, someone told me Gairy had brought independence to Grenada,...

Advocates decry what is lost as the teaching of Black history faces growing restraints

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill — Advocates are sounding the alarm about growing pushes from conservative-led states to downplay the impact...

The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you’re on...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Svante Myrick, The Hill — As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking...

14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past. By...

Fulton County Reparations Task Force moves forward with researching historical racial injustice

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Fulton County is moving ahead with studying reparations for descendants of people who were enslaved or lived under Jim Crow laws...