Unlocking Knowledge with Open Data
Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com).
Urtina Zeka
Urtina Zeka, Economist at the Compact Development Team Kosovo, presenting about the use of data to strengthen the...
U.S. House Passes 45-Day Funding Bill To Temporarily Avoid Government Shutdown
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his vote in favor of a short–term government...
REPORT: Hanscom High Flyers – Institute for Policy Studies
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Hanscom Field’s “High Flyers” — the top 20 private jet travelers using Hanscom Field — are profiled in full in the...
The Fearmongering Divisive Rhetoric Regarding New York City’s Migrant Influx Is Solving Nothing
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
When New York City Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed that arriving migrants would “destroy” the city, my heart sank. Here...
New Report Does A Deep Dive Into the High-Flying Excesses at Hanscom and Costs...
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
REPORT URL: https://ips-dc.org/report-hanscom-high-flyers
Boston, MA – A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) documents that Hanscom Field, New England’s...
Documentary ‘Bill Russell: Legend’ To Be Released Feb. 8
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photo: Netflix Studio Asset Share
The remarkable life and legacy of an NBA superstar and civil rights icon is captured in the...
Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik New President
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photo: Wikipedia Commons
Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, a leading economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, will become the 20th...
Shaggy, Sting, To Headline Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photo: Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival
CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA (January 25, 2023) - Renowned as the biggest and best music event...
More than a dozen journalists harassed, attacked during week of anti-government protests in Peru
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Bogotá, January 24, 2023 – More than a dozen journalists have been harassed, attacked, or injured amid protests in the Peruvian...
Senators Failed to Add Anti-Immigrant Border Policy to Budget Deal
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Yesterday, two anti-immigrant amendments that would have extended the legacy of the draconian Trump-era immigration policy, Title 42, each took the...
Sharpton: Firing Black Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols “Not Enough”
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photo: YouTube
New York, NY (Tuesday, January 24, 2023) – Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN),...
Swifties, Welcome to the Anti-Monopoly Movement
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
The anti-monopoly movement is having a moment. Gone are the days of associating evil market dominance with Standard Oil or Carnegie...
How a global data dive uncovered hundreds of honorary consuls linked to crimes or...
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Honorary consuls are part-time volunteer diplomats, representing the interests...
Helping Students Sort Fact from Fiction
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
I was delighted to learn that New Jersey has become the first state in the country to require public schools to teach...
A Big Year for the Charity Reform Movement
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
The numbers are in: Philanthropy is top-heavier than ever…In March, we published “Top Heavy Philanthropy Explained In 8 Charts,” illustrating how concentration...
Inside Southwest’s Horrific Holidays – Institute for Policy Studies
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
For America’s rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again...
Tyre Nichols: 5 Black Memphis Cops Arrested In Brutal Beating Death
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Photo: Memphis Police Department
Five Memphis officers have been charged in the brutal beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died on...