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Met taps Sotheby’s executive to lead new provenance research team

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has named an...

Coming Soon to a Mansion Near You: A Tax on Over-the-Top Greed Grabs

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Back in 1928, the bold and brassy mobster Al Capone spent $40,000 — about $851,000 in today’s dollars — on “a stately Spanish...
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U.S. Billionaire Wealth Is Up 88% Since the Pandemic—Now Topping $5.5 Trillion

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). On March 18, 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had wealth valued just under $25 billion. By May 2022, his wealth had surged to $255 billion. As of March 18, 2024,...

Labor Holds The Line in Argentina

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). This March, Argentina’s school year began with empty classrooms. The price of learning materials rose by 502 percent over the past year, leaving...

UN Security Council’s Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution Is Not Enough—But It’s a Start

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Despite weaknesses and false U.S. claims that the resolution is nonbinding, it demands an...
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Qatari royal invested about $50 million in pro-Trump network Newsmax

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A member of the Qatari royal family invested roughly...

Nueve destacadas organizaciones internacionales piden al fiscal general salvadoreño que retire todos los cargos...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA Contactos de prensa debajo Washington, D.C. – Al tiempo del aniversario del asesinato de Monseñor Óscar Romero en El Salvador,...

Nine Prominent International Organizations Call on Salvadoran Attorney General to Drop All Charges against...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS BELOW Washington, D.C. – In the wake of the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Bishop Óscar Romero...

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

1. The context: Lawlessness and fear While the situation in Haiti has long been characterized by lawlessness, with powerful gangs controlling much of the capital,...

The Critical Missing Piece from the U.S. Energy Transition

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). At the outset, the United States was blessed with enormous tracts of land (that it stole from the natives) and a...

Biden’s Words on Gaza Are Getting Better. But His Actions Matter More

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gaza’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels. Israel’s assault on the territory has killed over 31,000 Palestinians so far, with hundreds of...
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Brands drop Singapore-listed palm oil giant after Deforestation Inc. exposé

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Eight companies say they have suspended sourcing from palm...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). From the beginning, Gates shows, African Americans have turned to literary forms to validate their humanity. Credit: Vartika Sharma In...

New Poll, Old News: Philanthropy Lobby Is Still Out of Step with Public Opinion...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A new national Ipsos poll illuminates that there is broad and nonpartisan support for changes in laws governing charitable giving. The March...

The Next Generation of Students Demanding Justice for Garment Workers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yosef Nelson’s work on international labor solidarity began with the case of Hong Seng Knitting, a garment factory in Thailand found...

ICIJ’s 2023 annual report showcases organization’s growth and impact

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has published its...
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New data shows IRS’s 10-year struggle to investigate tax crimes

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s sprawling civil divisions referred...
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An ‘anonymous’ company secretly linked to an Indonesian billionaire is destroying Borneo’s rainforests, environmentalists...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Environmentalists investigating the ownership of an Indonesian pulpwood concession...

Destroying the Lawn in Gaza

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Ever since it withdrew its settlements in 2005, Israel has periodically attacked Gaza. This shelling of locations throughout the narrow strip...

For America’s Wealthy, a Sweet Start to Our 21st Century

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). How those years do fly by. We’ve now come nearly a quarter of the way through our 21st century.  Who’s “winning”...

What Are Donor-Advised Funds and How Do They Work?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Donor-advised funds, a creation of the US tax code, are often described as charitable checking accounts | Roy Rochlin/iStock/Getty Images...

Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The data in the table above and for all billionaires is available here. Even among billionaires, wealth is highly concentrated. Roughly $400...

National Donor-Advised Funds Are Hiding Behind Donation Processors to Make Themselves Look Better

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). National donor-advised fund sponsors — particularly those affiliated with for-profit wealth management firms — often claim that they “democratize giving” by...