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By Xinavane Mawu Kush PRIDE Guest Writer The issue is not whether carding can be made to look friendlier. The issue is not whether carding can be redone so it seems nicer. The issue is that carding–in and of itself–is ...

On Sunday, June 7, beleaguered Toronto Mayor, John Tory, reversed his support for police racial profiling and carding. While this turn of events is akin to Saul’s Damascus road conversion, as he was in the very act of persecuting Christ’s ...

Editor: The Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) welcomes Mayor Tory’s announcement for a permanent cancellation of carding. Numerous community organizations and activists, including the UARR, have maintained this position over many years. Together we have organized many community discussions ...

By Ajamu Nangwaya PRIDE Guest Columnist “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” —- Martin Luther ...

By Romain Pitt PRIDE Guest Writer Making one`s job easier is not always best for everyone else. The police claim they can protect us better, both in the areas of crime prevention and of prosecution, if they were at liberty ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist There is no doubt that cultural domination was the policy orchestrated by the Canadian government in the late 19th century. And it is notorious that this policy of domination degenerated into outright cultural genocide. There ...

By Rupert Johnson The current level of overt teacher discontent in Ontario is unprecedented. Never before have so many students been affected. Both the secondary and elementary school unions are on the war path. In the secondary schools of Peel, ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Guest Columnist  When Black children are removed from their parents’ homes, even though the parents might be neglectful and abusive, it is still traumatic for them. This type of trauma, like other forms, can have ...

By Rupert Johnson The Oxford Dictionary defines pessimism as: “A tendency to take the worst view or expect the worst outcome.” That being said, many pessimists are not bad people per se. Nevertheless, they are generally inclined to be the ...

By Sandy Daley Retired four-star general, and the 65th United States Secretary of State ( the first African American to serve in that position), Colin Powel once said, “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate ...