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Story by THT Media Lab Staff, Photo: Tord Labuda, CEO of Alzinova Alzinova is testing an experimental treatment intended to help the body fight harmful protein clumps in the brain. Early data is promising, and the next round of research will help show whether that promise holds. “When an elder dies, a library burns to
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By Vuyanzi Rodman “What’s it like living in Africa?” “I don’t know because Africa has 50+ countries and I live in one.” Before moving to Kenya, unlike many other African Americans I met here, I was not internationally well traveled. Living here was more of a fluke. I came for the burial of a good
“Welcome Home,” They Said: An American’s Journey to Living in Kenya Read More »
On the streets of Harlem have walked giants of the Black Experience with many firsts. Decades before Alain LeRoy Locke, the first African American to become a Rhodes Scholar, was crowned as the father of the Harlem Renaissance in 1925, Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois had earned a PhD from Harvard University as the first African
Honoring Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois in Ghana- A Monumental Work-in-Progress Read More »
19 June 2026 Your Excellency, Honor and respect. As members of the global African family, we write at a moment of profound historical significance. Across the world, African descendants are commemorating Juneteenth—not merely as an American milestone, but as a symbol of humanity’s unfinished struggle against enslavement, racial hierarchy, colonial domination, and their enduring legacies.
Open Letter to His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama, Republic of Ghana Read More »
Op-Ed By Michael Jacob Jackson As Europe swelters under the fury of record-breaking heatwaves, an unsettling reality emerges: the Sahara Desert is inching closer to engulfing Western Europe. This isn’t a distant dystopian future; it’s a looming crisis that must be confronted now. With rising temperatures, rampant deforestation, and an ever-increasing demand for energy, the
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Op-Ed by Daniel Rose We are facing a war that could “spiral beyond anyone’s control”, warned U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on March 6th, as Russia and China today explore means of supporting Iran, while America’s previous allies reflect on their options. Many voices echo the comment of Germany’s Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbell, “This is not
U.S. – Iran Hostilities Escalate, With Ominous Repercussions Feared Read More »
By Vildana Bijedic I have been to Tanzania before. Years ago, I came chasing altitude, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and watching the sun rise from Uhuru Peak, measuring success in steps, oxygen and endurance. This time, when I landed, what struck me was not scale, but stillness. There was no sense of arrival as achievement. No
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