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By L. Ardor Pride Columnist On August 9, 2014, a few minutes after midnight, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man was gunned down by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. He was unarmed. As his body lay in the ...

The following commentary, written by renowned columnist, Freddie Kissoon, appeared in Guyana’s Kaiteur News Online. By Freddie Kissoon Kaiteur News Columnist Today I will walk into the National Park with some of my African Guyanese activist friends. I will meet ...

By Emile Nakhleh Guest Writer WASHINGTON, DC (IPS) – As the killing and destruction rages on in Gaza, and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership exchange recriminations and threats, key regional and world players must accept ...

By Rupert Johnson There has always been a great euphoria among people of African ancestry in the West Indies and Canada with regard to Emancipation Day on August 1. But amidst this widespread celebratory feeling, we should also rid our ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Editorial Operations Manager The island’s spirit always enchants my soul. Jamaica is more than sand, sea and sun; it is more that reggae music and jerk chicken or jerk pork. The “Land of Wood and ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy Pride Columnist When was the last time that you jump-up? It’s carnival time and you can do it on the street or on the dance floor. While you are jumping up, remember that you are not ...

By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer I don’t know what it is about African-Canadians that so many us are so willing to use ourselves – or permit others to use us – as cheap entertainment fodder for the pleasure of ...

By L. Ardor Pride Columnist Prior to birthing my daughter I was a smallish and perky 36B, I celebrated fully, ditching my bra on numerous occasions and allowing my breasts to just be breasts. Fast forward to my post baby, ...

By Jim Lobe IPS Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – While Republicans and other right-wingers claim that President Barack Obama has inflicted unprecedented damage on Washington’s global reputation, a major new global survey suggests that the image of the U.S. ...

By Rupert Johnson After the Second World War, Canada was looked upon as a respected, unbiased broker in mediating conflicts around the world. There is no better example of Canada as an effective honest broker than in the peaceful resolution ...