Although the abolitionist movement is often said to have started when the Mennonite and Quaker communities of Pennsylvania published a pamphlet condemning slavery in 1688, organized resistance by Africans was recorded as early as 1522. By the time the Civil War ended and the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted in 1865, the fight to end slavery…
Queen Nzingha, or Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande, was an African ruler who was born in 1583 in Angola. She held dominion over the Matamba and Ndongo Kingdoms of Angola’s Mbundu people from 1631 until her death, attributed to natural causes, on December 17th, 1663. Queen Nzingha ruled long enough to earn several nicknames,…
Democrats today took to the House floor to debate an impeachment resolution set to catapult Donald Trump into infamy as the first President in the history of the United States to face possible removal from office for a second time. A swift and surprisingly bipartisan vote to condemn his role in “incitement of insurrection” as…
Members of the National Guard were deployed to the US Capitol ahead of the Congressional vote on impeaching President Trump for a second time. The soldiers were observed standing inside the building with their weapons, whilst some of them lay casually on blankets on the floor. Defense department officials announced that the troops, who are…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in the House of Representatives released the final text of their warp-speed resolution to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time on Tuesday January 11th. The remarkable and history making twice around charges read as “incitement of insurrection,” with a direct reference to the storming of the US Capitol on…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he was banning President Donald Trump from the platform indefinitely. Zuckerberg, alluding to the US Capitol siege, said he was disturbed at the shocking events, and that they clearly demonstrated Trump’s “[intention] to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power” to president…
Democrats across the country celebrated the blue sweep of Georgia Senate seats as Rev Warnock and Jon Ossoff reversed two of the hardest fought races in recent history. Jubilant Black Georgia voters, who were largely responsible for swinging the race, can now reasonably hope to expect the passing of policies that benefit African Americans, especially…
Despite high drama and a stunning attempt at insurrection by a mob of disaffected Trump supporters, members of congress still affirmed Joe Biden’s win in the November 2020 elections. In a display that disrupted the traditionally solemn certification event, viewers around the world were shocked at the hours long siege that delayed, but did not…
The holidays are here! In Kenya, as it surely is around the world, this is a time for a few good old Christmas jingles, a couple of warm Christmas movies; a time for hearty laughs with friends and family, good food, and, of course, the twins: gin and tonic. But just how fun, or reflective,…
Outgoing President Donald Trump launched a broadside at his nemesis Gov. Andrew Cuomo, threatening to hold back the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from New York State. In a feud that escalated well beyond the petty, the recalcitrant outgoer made Cuomo his target in his first public comments since Joe Biden was projected to win the presidential…
