The Totalitarian Instinct in Every System of Government: The African Paradox
Governments may vary in structure and ideology, but they all share a universal weakness: the constant struggle to gain and maintain power. Beneath the surface of democracy or dictatorship, monarchy or republic, lies a common instinct: the urge to dominate and endure. History reveals that no government is immune to this temptation. The Roman Republic […]
Mamdani’s New York Win Sparks Talk of a Blue Wave, but Can Democrats Ride It in 2026?
Young, progressive, and audacious, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani emerged Tuesday as the winner of the 2025 mayoral election in New York City, a landmark victory that may foreshadow shifting currents in U.S. politics, though how far the ripple will travel remains uncertain. Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who will take office on Jan. 1, 2026, defeated […]
Drowning in Silence: Sudan’s Christian Women and Children Slaughtered as the World Looks Away
The violence unfolding in Sudan is a moral emergency that risks being consigned to the margins of global awareness. In the war-torn country, the paramilitary force Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other armed actors have carried out a string of atrocities that bear the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and possibly genocide. Yet, the world, for […]
The Trump Test: Sanctions on Russia, a Fragile Gaza Truce, and a Hint on Barghouti
President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to sanction Russia’s two biggest oil companies and his public musing about the fate of imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti have thrown fresh light on a foreign-policy doctrine in flux: a harder economic line on Moscow, steady but fragile pressure to keep a Gaza cease-fire alive, and a willingness to […]
How Mamdani’s Muslim Candidacy Redefines New York Politics
The mayoral race for New York City has taken on heightened intensity, full of strategic maneuvers, identity politics, and profound questions about the city’s future. A dramatic three-way mayoral contest is unfolding, pitting former governor Andrew Cuomo (I) against Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. With the general election set for Nov. 4, the race […]
‘Jack Sees Me’: How African Diaspora Voters Are Shaking Up New Jersey’s Race
As New Jersey’s gubernatorial race enters its final stretch, a little-noticed force is rising in the state’s political calculus: Africans in the diaspora. Once taken for granted by Democrats, this bloc is increasingly visible, vocal, and, in some corners, mobilized behind Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, even as his Democratic counterpart, Mikie Sherrill, maintains a narrow […]
No Kings, No Crowns: America’s Democracy Faces a Reckoning
This Saturday, tens of thousands of Americans will once more take to the streets under the banner of the “No Kings” protest, over 2,500 events are scheduled across all 50 states, as organizers seek to dramatize a warning: U.S. democracy is not immutable but a fragile experiment that must be actively defended. Democracy as an […]
How the Scriptures That Were Twisted to Colonize Africans Can Liberate Them
In the winding chambers of ancient Thebes, long before the scrolls of Rome and the cathedrals of Europe, Africans worshipped a God of unity, justice, and resurrection. From the Nile Valley rose not only pyramids, but philosophies, scientific knowledge, and spiritual traditions that predate Christianity and Islam by millennia. Yet, somewhere between Alexandria and Amsterdam, […]
What the US Shutdown Means for Ordinary Americans and Who’s to Blame
As the U.S. government grinds to a halt again, ordinary Americans are left to bear the brunt of a shutdown rooted in Washington gridlock. For federal employees, families relying on public assistance, and small businesses that depend on government contracts, the disruption is immediate and deeply personal. Lives Disrupted as US Shutdown In Atlanta, Maria […]
HTA Award 2025 Celebrates African Trailblazers, Calls for Unity in Leadership
The Heroes of Tomorrow’s Africa (HTA) Foundation brought together dignitaries, innovators, medical leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers in New York City for the 2025 HTA Awards, a ceremony that highlighted extraordinary African leaders and diaspora figures whose work is changing lives worldwide. At the Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch College, applause echoed late into the evening […]