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By L. Ardor Pride Columnist As a single parent, my daughter and I understand far too intimately the effects of a fatherless home. The absence of an active father is created in more ways than everyone’s favourite explanation of deadbeat ...

By L. Ardor Pride Columnist If you ask most women and men what kind of mate they desire for a long-term relationship, their list would include traits of the widely sought after “Real Man or Real Woman” we continue to ...

By L. Ardor Pride Columnist According to the World Health Organization, on average 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship, report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner. What does ...

By L. Ardor Pride Columnist As a mommy to a beautiful, bright, feisty, “NO!” declaring little girl, I worry. Not about scraped knees, or well plaited braids cut off and tossed in the trash by an impatient, ill trained teacher, ...

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 ...

By L. Ardor Pride Columnist Marriage and family, the single most important ritual in civilization.  Historically signifying the joining together of two families, tribes and kingdoms, marriage carries a sense of foundational stability. When the family is empowered, the community ...

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 L. Ardor Pride Guest Writer I am a 31 year old single mother. I was not welcomed into this exclusive club with sweets, a pamphlet of guidelines, and a ‘Big Sister’ mentor; rather I was dragged in amid tears, ...

Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor Regardless of what an individual thinks they are worth, or entitled by reason of education, talent or birthright, getting the proverbial foot in the door is often the only important thing when attempting to ...