By Glen Ford “Remedies are precisely what the United States refuses to offer to Black people.” Over the past four months, the world has come to know the name of Ferguson and rendered its own verdict on the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to protests in nearly 200 American cities since the non-indictment of […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced changes under the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act to further protect the safety and security of Canadians and the integrity of Canada’s immigration system. Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act is expediting the removal of foreign criminals from Canada, while making it harder for […]
By Michael Lashley I take great pleasure in celebrating the successes of others, particularly when those successes are achieved by a group that is steeped in community-building activities. It fits in nicely with one of my favourite principles of youth and community development: It takes a village to raise a child! We can all take […]
It is exceptional, significant and positive that school boards are the only body in which the voting public has the right and opportunity to elect representatives to act exclusively on their behalf in just one public policy area – education. The challenge is to make this system of “political” representation and advocacy work for the […]
By David Jessop LONDON, England – The first thing to be said about the ebola crisis is that the region should be very proud that among the first to fully understand the seriousness of the threat and respond was a Caribbean nation: Cuba. It, almost alone in the world, recognized early, the extent of the […]
The Caribbean Camera refuses to simply resign itself to the idea that the race relations climate in the U.S. will not improve significantly in the next three or four generations. The hopelessness and the indifference, the militancyand the rage that have characterized large segments of that country’s Black community do not produce viable options by […]
By Gerald V. Paul Before Sir (Comrade?) ‘Sunny’ Shridath Ramphal came to the Raddison Hotel last Friday to launch his book Glimpses of a Global Life, this writer was admonished in a harsh tone of a voice: “Media, get to the back!” Lord, have mercy, for a moment, Eyesers, I thought this person emerged from […]
By Michael Lashley There was a time, not too long ago, when I overestimated the likely effectiveness of a series of well-documented policies and practices which have been recommended for our Toronto Police Service (TPS). On the basis of my own research earlier this year and information publicly available, I am now satisfied that a […]
By Glen Ford Revolutionary Cuba has always been a miracle and gift to all humankind. Two weeks ago, the nations of the world – with two savage exceptions (U.S. & Israel) – instructed their emissaries at the UN General Assembly to tell the world’s self-designated “indispensable” country to end its 54-year-long trade embargo against Cuba. […]
Is it too early to address the Obama legacy? Is it fair to President Barack Obama for the matter of his legacy to be addressed with two more years to go before he leaves the White House? Obamacare, immigration, race relations, economic stability and, more recently, international protection of the environment in the face of […]
