Book Review: The Day Biafra Died
The Day Biafra Died: How The West Tells Africa’s Wars
Reviewer: Asta Tall: A book about how Africa's wars are told... Milton Allimadi's The Day Biafra Died is a history of the Nigeria–Biafra war, but it's also a…
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War, International Security & National Security
Without International Security There’s No National Security
For millennia, the world’s people have been kidding themselves about national security. Worried about the survival of their nation in a world of self-interested, sometimes aggressive nations, people…
GW Bridge Killing Of Koran Irvine
Why Was Murder Charge Against NYPD Detective Who Killed Black Man On GW Bridge Reduced—And Why Was Bail Granted?
Mass Shootings & American Gun Violence
Oregon School Shooting: How Many More Children Have To Die Because Of America’s Toxic Masculinity?
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Africa
All International coverageThe continent on its own terms — politics, money and power from Lagos to Nairobi.
African Sovereignty & Self-Determination
Africa Cannot Be Sovereign While Africans Remain Captive
By Robert Kyagulani: Thursday at Princeton University, I had the honor of addressing some of the University's students and faculty about the place of Africa and Africans in…
Olara Otunnu Next UN Secretary-General?
Architect Of UN Secretary-General Voting System, Ambassador Otunnu Outlines Reform Vision
Uganda's Militry Chief
Political Outfit U-Turns On Judge ‘Endorsing’ Uganda’s Military Chief For President
Uganda Currency & Economy Failing
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U.S. & Black America
All Business coveragePolitics, justice and civic life, reported from the communities they affect.
Will NY AG James Be Reelected?
NY Attorney General Letitia James Stood Her Ground. Now It’s Voters’ Turn.
By Glynda C. Carr: Every Black woman who reaches high office in this country learns the routine. Her credentials get questioned. Her wins get shrunk. Her authority gets…
NYC CORE Challenges Mayor Mamdani
Faith Leaders And City Council Members Express Disappointment In Mayor’s Actions Regarding NYC CORE Leadership
NYC Delivery Workers Proposed Legislation
National Urban League Backs NYC Delivery Workers, Warns Proposed Legislation “Would Almost Certainly Destroy Dozens Of Black Businesses”
NYC SNAP And Medicaid Benefits
Mayor Mamdani Launches Online Resource To Help New Yorkers Keep SNAP And Medicaid Benefits
Fighting Flooding & Protecting Drinking Water
Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul Announce Groundbreaking $35.7 Million Project To Fight Flooding In Harlem And To Save Drinking Water In Central Park
Investigations
All Crime coverageAccountability journalism. Power, money and institutions — on the record.
Bronx Killing Of Javits Frimpong
Mayor Mamdani Responds To Tragic Bronx Killing Of Javits Frimpong
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in a official statement on X, said the following, regarding the tragic Thursday killing of Javits Frimpong in the Bronx: “The murder of a child…
Justice For Nolan Wells March In NJ
Justice For Nolan Wells March, Scheduled For Nov.1, Joined By People’s Organization For Progress
NYPD Officer Sentenced For DWI Killing
Attorney General Announces Prison Sentence For Former NYPD Sergeant Who Killed Man While Driving Drunk
Opinion
Unjustified: Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch Perverted “Justice” By Allowing Kohen Wiley’s Killer Sgt. Hunter Foster To Walk Away Scot-Free
So, a Black baby boy is shot dead, inside a car, by a reckless cop, and no one is to be held accountable? And Mississippi’s white attorney general…
Kohen Wiley: Black Lives Matter Condemns “Justified” Determination In Cop Killing Of Black Baby By Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch
Black Lives Matter Grassroots condemns Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s determination that the murder of baby Kohen Wiley was “justified.” Senatobia cop Hunter Foster, who has a documented history…
Par Funding: Receiver’s And Judge’s Shared Judicial Clerkship Raises Questions About Lack Of Disclosure
The disclosure that federal Judge Rodolfo Ruiz II and court-appointed receiver Ryan K. Stumphauzer clerked for the same judge during consecutive terms has raised questions among lawyers and…