by Carlton Joseph The State of Mississippi, after losing decisions in the lower courts to make abortion illegal in the US after 15 weeks of pregnancy, has appealed the decisions all the way to the Supreme Court. As expected, the lopsided conservative Supreme Court has decided to hear the case, even though Chief Justice Roberts […]
By Louis March Founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movement. Thanks to Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood, for introducing Bill-60 in Parliament last week, titled The Safe and Healthy Communities Act to address the impacts of gun violence in communities across the province. Zero Gun Violence Movement has been advocating with key stakeholders and […]
A dissident former leader of Colombia’s Farc rebels has been killed in an ambush in Venezuela, local media reported last Sunday. Hernán Darío Velásquez, nicknamed El Paisa, was reportedly shot dead in Venezuela’s Apure state. His death has not been officially confirmed and the Colombian army said it had no knowledge of the killing. Local […]
One of the young Black people detained by Quebec City police during an intervention early Saturday morning is considering suing the city for the way he was treated, his lawyer said. Pacifique Niyokwizera, 18, was waiting outside the Dagobert nightclub with his friends when the incident took place. A video shows police officers punching him […]
Salt cod and molasses are no strangers to the plates and palettes of many people in Newfoundland and Labrador. But they are also traditional foods on much warmer islands in the Caribbean. The latest episode of Unearthed explores the complicated culinary connections between the foods and the regions and the collision of classes. Sonja Boon, […]
By Richard Drayton On November 30, 2021, on the 55th anniversary of its political independence, Barbados will become a republic. It is commonly assumed this was some sudden decision by Mia Mottley’s government. The most bizarre suggestion came from British voices, who asserted this had to do with Barbados tilting to China. But the […]
Gun Violence is a Public Health Issue On Wednesday December 1st, 2021, Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood will call on the Minister of Health to adopt her Private Members Bill: The Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence) 2021 into government legislation. One of the critical changes would see insured services include prescribed […]
Parents in southern Mexico say they are being threatened by a gang after their children’s nursery won 20m pesos ($950,000) in a lottery. The nursery has just over two dozen pupils and their parents were put in charge of administering the prize. Soon after their win was made public, they received threats from an […]
A new online exhibit aims to demonstrate how learning Black history is essential to understanding the formation of Alberta. The new exhibit by Edmonton City as Museum Project explores the formation of Alberta’s Black communities from the late 1800s to the early 1970s. “What I want people to take away is the activism, the […]
When teenaged vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse walked free after murdering two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Raymond Nat Turner, Black Agenda Report poet-in-residence put pen to paper. Referring to Rittenhouse as the “Officer Prodigy”, Turner wrote: Mother loaded Officer Prodigy into her vehicle; and drove him from “The Land of Lincoln” to the “Badger State” to play […]
