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Congresswoman Waters Leads Delegation to Haiti; Finds Both Inspiration and Evidence of Violence
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Congresswoman Waters Leads Delegation to Haiti; Finds Both Inspiration and Evidence of Violence

Sentinel News WireMay 15, 2019

WASHINGTON –Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) led a delegation to Haiti, which included actor, director and activist Danny Glover; journalist Margaret Prescod of Sojourner Truth Radio in Los Angeles; civil rights lawyer Walter Riley; Haitian diaspora leader Pierre Labossiere; and human rights lawyer Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.  Congresswoman Waters and her delegation traveled to Haiti to visit the University of the Aristide Foundation (UNIFA) and was inspired by students of the university, which was founded by the Aristide Foundation. “Seeing 2,000 students preparing to serve Haiti by studying to be the doctors, nurses, and

Justice, Reaffirmation and Resistance: Advancing An African American Ethical Agenda
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

Justice, Reaffirmation and Resistance: Advancing An African American Ethical Agenda

Dr. Maulana KarengaMarch 14, 2019

In this era of political madness, mean-spiritedness, racial and religious scapegoating, continued and expanding police violence, obscene inequities in wealth and power, mass incarceration, extensive and needless poverty and proposals for mass deportations, immigration bans, an apartheid wall and national registries of suspected and stigmatized peoples, there is an urgent need for an African American communal voice of  moral courage, political reason, and expanded righteous and relentless resistance. In a word, there is a pressing need for an African American ethical agenda speaking to the critical issues of our times.

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State Dept Raises Travel Warning Over Haiti Unrest

Global Information NetworkFebruary 22, 2019

The straw that broke the camel’s back, according to Kim Ives, writing for Haiti Liberte, was the apparent betrayal of President Moïse against the Venezuelans after their display of solidarity. On Jan. 10, 2019, in a vote at the Organization of American States (OAS), Haiti voted in favor of a Washington-sponsored motion to say that Nicolas Maduro was “illegitimate,” despite winning an election in May 2018 with over two-thirds of the vote.

Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections
OpinionRev. Jesse Jackson

Attack on LeBron Shows Trump Wants to Use Fear, Divisiveness to Win Elections

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 9, 2018

The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. Characteristically, a centerpiece of his approach is to use race as a weapon to divide and distract us.

Institute of the Black World 21st Century Conference
Larry AubryOpinion

Institute of the Black World 21st Century Conference

Larry AubryAugust 9, 2018

More than two thousand came from the greater Newark/New York region, Black America and the Pan-African world, drawn by the urgent impulse to connect, network, bond, share and unite in the wake of the most hate-filled, demagogic and divisive presidential campaigns that produced a presidential regime, elected by less than a majority of the popular vote, embedded with racism, white nationalism and Islamophobia.  It was one of the most threatening moments since the arrival of Africans on these hostile American shores.

For Limbiko: Love and Memory in Times of Turmoil and Tension
Dr. Maulana KarengaOpinion

For Limbiko: Love and Memory in Times of Turmoil and Tension

Dr. Maulana KarengaJune 21, 2018

In the tradition of our ancestors of ancient Egypt, who wrote letters to loved ones who had passed from earth and ascended into the heavens, I again write you Limbiko Tembo, beloved sister and sacred friend. Let it be said countless times, you live in our lives, in the good we share, the work we do and the struggles we wage.