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By Dr. Anja Bienert IPS Guest Writer LONDON, England (IPS) — Everyone has the right to life. This principle is enshrined in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and appears in numerous international treaties and national laws. ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Gust Columnist There are some people in the Black community, who still subscribe to the belief that when a child misbehaves, it is because they are possessed by the “devil”. Therefore, these people believe, that ...

By Rupert Johnson Last week I stated emphatically that the federal election is about trust. In other words which of the political leaders comes across as being forthright and trustworthy? Both the Conservative and NDP leaders have made grandiose promises ...

By Rupert Johnson Since the resumption of the Duffy trial a couple of weeks ago, I have watched with amazement and bated breath, the shenanigans and earth-shattering spectacle of this particular trial. I have been bombarded with an unprecedented litany ...

The following is a statement from the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC), issued on Monday, August 10, 2015. In two recent articles published by the Toronto Star, Mike McCormack, the President of the Toronto Police Association (TPA), denied the existence of anti-Black ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist Once again the annual Calypso Extravaganza, staged at the Chinese Cultural Centre at 5183 Sheppard Ave. East on Saturday, July 25, 2015, was indeed an enjoyable event. It is regrettable that the traditional Calypso Monarch ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist I was really taken aback when I listened to a very shocking and disturbing report on PBS, with regard to the continued barbaric practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) commonly referred to as “cutting,” particularly ...

Black Americans are increasingly uneasy about race relations in the United States, ranking that as the nation’s No. 1 problem along with unemployment, according to a new Gallup poll. Much of their concern, which began growing last year, is driven ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Columnist What’s wrong with the Black men? Why are some of them treating their women so badly? It may be disheartening to know, that some Black men treat their women, as if they are not ...

By Justice Romain Pitt PRIDE Guest Writer Is the government of Ontario contemplating an amendment or amendments to the Police Act to confer more power on the police? Why all of a sudden some important people are trying to regularize ...