Vantage Point: Dr. Brenda Greene
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March 11, 2024Women’s History Month Edition of Vantage Point
On this Women’s History Month edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels...
Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby
“I thought I was going to lose my baby and die on the journey to hospital.”The chilling words of Samueline Razafindravao, who had to...
‘I couldn’t remain silent’: Son fights for Uyghur journalist’s release from Chinese prison
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The last time Bahram Sintash saw his journalist father was in 2017. Qurban Mamut, an influential Uyghur editor had...
EMPLOYMENT Department Newsletter, March/April 2024
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Tell the truth about Israel’s crimes against humanity
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Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as mediaoutlets go out of their way to obscure...
How can we close the skills gap? Quality apprenticeships and the future of work
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The...
UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’
Catriona Laing, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed ambassadors on developments across eight areas, including politics, security, women’s political...
UN chief urges ‘genuine, credible’ political solution in Syria, as conflict marks thirteenth anniversary
March marks the thirteenth anniversary of the conflict in Syria, with systematic atrocities and untold suffering of civilians.
According to UN estimates, 16.7 million people,...
‘A long fight’: Family of murdered Philippine journalist Gerry Ortega on their 13-year battle...
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Philippine journalist Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega vowed he wouldn’t let the death threats stop him from using his radio show...
Mahbouba Seraj visits USCRI Cleveland
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Earlier this month, USCRI Cleveland had the honor of hosting an event with Ms. Mahbouba Seraj, a leader in...
Pakistani journalist Jam Saghir Ahmed Lar shot dead in Punjab
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New York, March 22, 2024— Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Jam Saghir Ahmed Lar and...
G7 knowledge exchange: Green jobs and skills in G7 official development assistance: Methods and...
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BackgroundIn 2022,...
Dr. William Strickland, scholar and political activist
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By Herb Boyd —
“William Strickland embraced the challenge of the writing of Malcolm’s life and he did so in spite of...
World Health Day
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By: Rosalind Ghafar Rogers, PhD, LMHC, Clinical Behavioral Health Subject Matter Expert with USCRI’s Refugee Health Services in Arlington,...
Is Black political power important to Democrats?
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By Dayvon Love, Afro News —
People who are familiar with the work of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) are used...
Georgian police assault at least 4 journalists covering ‘foreign agents’ bill protests
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Stockholm, April 19, 2024—The Georgian Parliament should reject a draft law that would designate media outlets as “foreign agents,”...
Ancient African insights and modern meanings
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The earliest discourse on resurrection from the dead, judgment after death and reward of eternal life for...
Five judges elected to United Nations’ top court
In parallel and independent voting conducted by secret ballot, the Assembly and the Council re-elected one judge who is currently serving, Hilary Charlesworth of...
Iran arrests Kurdish editor-in-chief, Iranian cartoonist, sues several newspapers
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Washington, D.C., April 19, 2024—Iranian authorities must immediately release Kurdish-Iranian journalist Rasoul Galehban and drop any charges against him,...
Morocco prison confiscates journalist’s letter to wife, prompting hunger strike
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New York, March 4, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Moroccan prison authorities’ decision to prevent imprisoned journalist Soulaiman...
Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz Khan held in terrorism investigation
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New York, March 5, 2024—Pakistani authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Imran Riaz Khan, whose whereabouts are unknown,...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
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By Janie Har, AP —
Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role...
World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad,...
Summarizing the state of the climate, the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it’s summer, while high temperatures atypical of...
A Cosmopolitan Modernism
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The world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance.
By Rachel Hunter Himes, The Nation —
In January 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened...
