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By Dr. Kumar Mahabir Guest Contributor The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago has been strangely silent on the rowdy and relentless campaign to remove the historical statue of Christopher Columbus in the capital city of Port of Spain. I ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist As we go through these days of unparalled upheaval, I am reminded of the simple adage that says ,“The times they are a changing”. That, I believe is a fitting statement for today’s situation, in ...

By Charles Mwewa Guest Contributor “How do you change a systemic injustice?” you may ask. Many times, what politicians and protesters focus on are redundant methods that cannot change anything. If they did change anything, how else could racism, inequalities, ...

Here are a few solutions to ponder, as we search for answers to the scourge of injustice in our society By Ken Green Contributing Columnist I have never felt comfortable discussing the issues of racism, outside of my family and ...

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist One of the headlines in today’s Toronto Star newspaper ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Demonstrations and violent riots alike, erupted across US and Canadian cities, in response to police brutality and the murder, or public lynching, of a Black American, George Floyd, in Minneapolis on May 25. Three police ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist I am watching as various classes of elites, politicians and top-ranking public figures succinctly drive this country, and its Black population, deeper into conflict and division, on account of mere interpretation and denial. The term, ...

By Liam Petterson Guest Contributor The protests against systemic racism and police violence sweeping the globe highlight the intersection between two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism. Researchers are pointing out that structural inequalities mean people of colour are hit harder by the ...

Blacks in Montreal have been fighting a pandemic that predates COVID-19: racism by the police. By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist “Racism is traumatic for people of color. Everything that you have to carry around anyway, as a Black person, to ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Another day in the United States of America; another White cop around; another Black man, face down on the ground; another mournful alert, about failing breath — all translated into yet, another death. Take it ...