Last Monday was the 22nd anniversary of what the world has come to know as 9/11. It was on September 11th, 2001, that four large passenger planes crashed into three sites in New York, and the fourth in Pennsylvania. Two of the planes crashed into the two World Trade Centre buildings in Manhattan, the heart […]
By Carlton Joseph The Biden Administration recently rejected the global development and security initiatives (GSI) promoted by China, stating that the US must defend the rules-based international order (RBO), that China is trying to “portray” as a Western construct. Why does the US not want to own the rules-based international order they constructed after WWII? […]
By Evelyn Bradley I waited until the end of Endometriosis Awareness Month to talk about this because I want the conversations about invisible disabilities and BIPOC bodies to not be confined to one month. There is often a disconnect between the intersectionality of cultural identity and health (or being perceived as healthy). I find that […]
By Leo Gilling Of the countries globally, and with the 2010 national report of rapes, Jamaica ranks 22nd with 24 rape incidents per 100,000 citizens. The JCF recorded approximately 6600 rape incidents between 2011 and 2020, with about 3250 cleared up. (The clear-up rate refers to all cases disposed of from the court’s active records […]
Listen to the article now. By Nyima Jobe Last month, students in Trinidad spoke out after being barred from a graduation ceremony. Yet despite a wave of legislation, there is a long way to go to overturn negative attitudes A boy called Bryce from Trinidad was barred from his graduation ceremony because his hair did […]
Editorial Listen to this editorial now. Canada should stop fooling itself A recent Toronto Star reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will visit three European countries, Slovenia, North Macedonia and Albania “as part of a push to shore up Canada’s ties with countries in Russia’s backyard.” It goes on to say that the visit […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Canadian immigration law stipulates that if an applicant for permanent residence fails to declare their dependents, which includes a spouse, or child/ren in their application or at the time they are granted permanent residence, they cannot sponsor these dependents in the future. Let us look at a recent case where I […]
The climate change/global warning debate is fraught with argument, contradictions and sometimes outright anger. It’s a story in which you must tread softly, keep your ears to the ground, and try to tease out a position that makes some kind of sense. At least to your satisfaction. But given what is coming to pass before […]
By Margaret Kimberley Black Agenda Report Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The latest Donald Trump indictment is no cause for celebration. The oligarchs still rule, the military industrial complex still gets public money, the criminal justice system he now faces is still constructed to ensnare Black people, and the democracy said to be protected doesn’t […]
By Evelyn Bradley When I first met my friend Charlie Sark, I was on the set of a cooking show called Worth Our Salt. He looked at all of us there that day and said, “The first step to decolonizing our hearts and minds is to decolonize our palates.” He then proceeded to make me […]
