BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In an era marked by unprecedented global challenges—rising economic inequities, ecological collapse, and growing disillusionment with and fractured trust in an ‘unfulfilled’ multilateralism—the case for systemic reform could not be clearer.

WASHINGTON, DC - As gang violence spirals out of control in Haiti, the limitations of international efforts to restore order, including a Kenyan-led security mission, have laid bare the depth of the crisis. A nation already on its knees now faces an even darker abyss. Haiti’s tragedy serves as a stark reminder that no matter how dire circumstances may seem, they can always deteriorate further.

ATLANTA – Black homebuyers are obstructed by systemic racism and economic factors like high interest rates and investor purchases. But speakers at the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) Black Wealth Summit were enthusiastic about the progress, insisting that the journey towards homeownership and generational wealth is worth pursuing.

WASHINGTON, DC – The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding adversary, sowing division and instability in a world already grappling with profound economic, social, and environmental challenges. 

What is one thing – just one – you can agree on with someone on the opposite side of the political divide? The late General Colin Powell once told me, “Figure that out and you can get a lot done. And as you win one victory together, you might just discover along the way that there’s something else you agree on.”

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, CMC – If you live in an English-speaking Caribbean country, do you consider yourself freer and more fortunate than many others around the world? In a world where freedoms are under siege—where journalists are imprisoned, political dissent is silenced, persons are jailed without trial, and religious leaders are persecuted—residents of the Commonwealth Caribbean enjoy liberties that are envied by many. Our nations stand as beacons of democracy and freedom.

WASHINGTON, DC –  The government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has steadfast support from many friends in the Caribbean and other parts of the world, despite numerous allegations of violations of international law, aggressive acts toward its neighbor Guyana, and intolerance of political dissent.

Following a very stunning and dangerous setback for Ukraine, the election of Donald Trump poses even greater obstacles to any favorable outcome in that war.

The Vice President ran a beautiful campaign. She worked like a trojan, traveling from city to city, sometimes as many as three or four in a day. She did interviews, town halls, television shows and one on one interviews with both national and local media. In a scant one hundred days, she built a dynamic and credible campaign, and many of us anticipated a victory, if not on election night, then a few days later.

The ubiquitous telephone has provided us with more than an outlet for people to communicate with each other, and from its invention, when Alexander Graham Bell allegedly made that first call on the instrument saying, to his assistant who was in another room, “Mr. Watson come here, I want to see you.” the die was cast and the phone entered our lives.

With the holiday season approaching, it seems that our country could not be more divided. That division has been perhaps the main overarching topic of our national conversation in recent years. And it has taken root within many of our own families.

Touch starvation, the desire for physical human contact. One expert posits that being deprived of meaningful human contact, can lead to serious complications. ‘People who are affection deprived are more likely to experience depression and stress, and in general worse health.’