People cannot change the truth but the truth can change people By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Now that COVID-19 has forced us all to worship in a different style and aisle, it is time to take a careful look at ...
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By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Recent community happenings and a hurried conversation with a community representative forced me to deviate from my adult norm and inquire as to what had been consuming her thoughts, lately. She was quiet for a ...
Read More »How This U.S. Election Compares To Other Tumultuous Votes
By Ronald W. Pruessen Guest Contributor Sharp-eyed 20/20 vision has been hard to maintain in the maelstrom of 2020, with daily fears and passions often clouding analysis. Here’s one helpful tool on one high-profile event: As the American presidential campaign concludes, ...
Read More »Black Lives Matter Movement: Clarity And Accountability Needed
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist As protesters took to the streets, all over the country, to protest police brutality, following the killings of Black, Indigenous or visible minority individuals, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” became synonymous, or interchangeable, with the ...
Read More »Is The Montreal Police Service Truly Committed To Diversity?
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Systemic racism is real, despite repeated denial to the contrary. We do not need to look back very far in the history of Quebec and Canada, to see some of the most notorious examples of ...
Read More »Technological Revolution Accelerated By Coronavirus Crisis In The Caribbean And Latin America: World Bank
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia Thursday, October 1, 2020 — The Caribbean and Latin America is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” of technological innovation, which requires enhancing the productivity of the services sector, investing in human capital and ...
Read More »Black Activists’ Agenda To Remove Columbus Statue In Port-Of-Spain
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 ...
Read More »Fighting Racism With People Power
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 ...
Read More »How To Change A Systemic, Systematic And Unjust Culture
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, ...
Read More »Can We End Racism And Discrimination In Our Society?
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 ...
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