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By Yvonne Sam Columnist “… it is our duty..…of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for our rulers.” John Jay, First Chief Justice, U. S Supreme Court Once again America is caught up in the throes of yet ...

By Yvonne Sam Columnist As the return to school bell looms on the horizon, there remains an issue that if continued to run unchecked, would ultimately serve as the educational knell of our children. I am not talking about large ...

By Mohammed El Hazzouri and Leah Hamilton Guest Writers Have you ever seen an HIV awareness advertisement, featuring Black or Latino models? These ads are widespread in both print and social media. However, our research shows that these ads may not ...

By Yvonne Sam Guest Writer As former Vice-president, Joe Biden, utilizes President Obama’s esteemed status among Democratic voters, as the means of protecting himself from the plethora of candidates jockeying to be the next White House occupant, could he be ...

By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann Guest Writer In a 2016 poll, 58 per cent of African-Americans said they believed that the United States should pay financial reparations to African-Americans who are descendants of slaves. Only 15 per cent of whites agreed. I ...

By Jonathan Cohn Guest Writer At the start of Black History Month 2019, Google designed its daily-changing homepage logo to include an image of African-American activist Sojourner Truth, the great 19th-century abolitionist and women’s rights activist. But what would Truth say ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator The crux of the matter — that neither President D. Trump, nor any member of his campaign or family, nor, indeed, any American, anywhere, colluded with Russia’s attack on the 2016 election — ...

  By Charles Tiefer Guest Writer The release on April 18 of a redacted version of the Mueller report came after two years of allegations, speculation and insinuation – but not a lot of official information about what really happened between ...

By Sharry Aiken and Sean Rehaag Guest Writers The recent Ontario budget included a 30 per cent cut to legal aid. This will cause hardship for many low-income residents of Ontario, who are disproportionately drawn from racialized communities. Refugees are among ...

By Bruce M Biccard Guest Writer The in-hospital maternal mortality rate following a Caesarean delivery in Africa may be 50 times higher than in high-income countries. These were the findings of the African Surgical Outcomes Study that followed more than 3500 ...