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Congress Honors Shirley Chisholm with Congressional Gold Medal for Trailblazing Legacy

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) announced the passage of bipartisan legislation awarding...

Afghanistan: UN condemns Taliban ban on women attending medical classes

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned a new ban imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan preventing women and girls from attending private...

Mexico: Boom in organized crime making femicide invisible, local activist says

With more than 2,526 women murdered in the past three decades – from 1993 through 2023 – and hundreds disappeared, Ciudad Juárez remains Mexico’s...

$1.4 billion needed for sexual and reproductive health services in crisis-hit countries

The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, appealed on Thursday for $1.4 billion to safeguard the rights and well-being of women, girls and...

OP-ED: The Future of American Education: A Call to Action

By Anthony Tilghman Education is the cornerstone of success, and this fundamental right must be upheld without compromise. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

Peace is in peril worldwide and avenues for diplomatic dialogue are shrinking, but young women peacebuilders are demonstrating that a better world is possible,...

How One Community is Trying to Break the ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Child Care and Housing Crises

Katie Dukes, Director of Early Childhood Policy, EdNC “If you don’t have the child care in order for people to go to work, they don’t...

World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030

Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling barriers to healthcare and...

VIDEO: The Conversation with Al McFarlane Playlist

View the playlist for stimulating conversations with Insight News publisher Al McFarlane and community leaders about issues and events in the Black community and...

U-CAN College Fairs Connect Sacramento Students with HBCUs

By Williamena Kwapo | Sacramento OBSERVER Staff Writer In September, United College Action Network hosted two successful HBCU college fairs in Sacramento. Founded in Sacramento by...

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