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    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),...

    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...

    Haitian-American leaders call on Biden to dump Ariel Henry

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A group of Haitian-American elected officials is calling on President Biden to withdraw support for a Kenya-led peacekeeping...

    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...

    Meet Etzaida: A Humanitarian Frontline Worker Transforming Lives in the Darien

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). San Vicente, 2 October 2023 – Etzaida Rios, 35, has seen firsthand the life-changing impact aid has had in her hometown,...

    Amy Pope Makes History as First Woman Director General of IOM

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva – Amy E. Pope of the United States of America has begun her five-year term as the eleventh Director General...

    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...

    Why the Dutch apology for slavery leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). An apology only counts when there is a genuine process of reparation and reform. The people of the Dutch Caribbean are...

    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...

    A Blueprint for Black Liberation

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What was left when the commune of my youth became a luxury apartment building. By Dara Mathis, The Atlantic — In the commune...

    Stop Normalizing Anti-Blackness

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Autumn Robeson Monahan is a 17-year-old Black girl attending high school in Slaton, Texas.  The senior, who transferred...

    IOM Study Finds Improved Labour Trends and Decreased Informal Work and Underpayment Cases of...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Port of Spain – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released its 2022 Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Report, revealing improved labour...

    Florida teachers forced to remove or cover up books to avoid felony charges

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). State’s new bill goes into effect prohibiting material unless deemed appropriate by a librarian or ‘certified media specialist’. By Erum Salam, The...

    Sustainable Reintegration: A Light at the End of the Tunnel for Hondurans Returning Home

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Global Compact on Migration makes a strong call to facilitate sustainable reintegration into the community life of returning migrants by...

    Ruma’s Story: Breaking Barriers in Rural Bangladesh and Inspiring Others

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). However, Ruma was defiant. “I now run my own business, and my shop is the most popular in this market. I...

    PM of Grenada and the Grenadines, Hon. Dickon Mitchell Will Speak at SOBWCV

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Hon. Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Will Deliver a Tribute to the Late Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop The Prime Minister of Grenada...

    Third World Press recovering from flood damage

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Herb Boyd — Dr. Haki Madhubuti was devastated, overcome with tears, when he saw the photos of his flooded property. “I...

    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...