May 18 – May 31, 2023
STOLEN (The American Reverse Underground Railroad)
After delivering a well–received talk at DC's Remember the Pearl 2023 commemoration, we asked Dr. Richard Bell for an excerpt of STOLEN that tells the story of five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home. Both events took place during the American Reverse Underground Railroad period.
Nearly Half of Baby Boomers Have No Retirement Savings
The average monthly Social Security check to a retired worker is around $1,800. However, the average household run by an American older than 65 spends more than $4,000 a month. Additionally, 54% of African–Americans don't have enough savings to retire. However, there is good news.
Biden Cancels Part of Oceania Trip, West Papuans Still Seek Answers
President Biden was to meet 18 Oceania leaders from the South Pacific during a now cancelled visit to Papua New Guinea. While Biden was set to become the first sitting US president in at least a century to visit the island nation, West Papuan Lewis Prai Wellip was not optimistic that the needs of West Papuans would have been addressed.
To President Joe Biden, from Jeffrey Bomanak, Free Papua Movement
Organisasi Papua Merdeka (Free Papua Movement) leader Jeffrey Bomanak calls for a proactive role from President Joe Biden in ending Indonesia's unlawful military occupation and annexation of West Papua and America's subsequent foreign policy failure in protecting six decades of crimes against humanity.
Six Habits of Successful Investors
These six steps can help you increase your investing success and achieve financial wellness, even when financial markets seem unfriendly.
Activities
Super StoryHour at the Park is happening every week this summer in Gary, Latin Nights Happy Pride Month Edition takes place in Philadelphia, Colour Festival Kenya! opens in Nairobi while The Real Housewives of Motown opens in Chicago and Incendiary at Woolly Mammoth Theater in DC. The Barry Farm screening is Sun, May 28 in D.C.
Readers' Trends
See what is made in the USA from 100 percent solid horse waste, Abubakari is back again and now has a podcast, it's not often that our Publisher's Point is number one; this one was: Five Elections – Where an Enraged Black Male Community Could Have Made a Difference, and see why this women's image was so popular on our Instagram page.