A COMIC'S VIEW: The South may never rise again
I’ve been a professional comedian for the past twenty-two years, and one thing I take pride in, is being topical and relevant.
EDITORIAL: 13 years to find justice for being shot in the back by police
WHAT are the consequences of police using excessive force?
STATESIDE: On the streets of a standoff at the heart of the nation
It’s early on a weekend morning in downtown Washington DC in the time of the coronavirus and Black Lives Matter. A light north breeze carries away some of the deepening humidity and rising air temperature, but summer has totally arrived in America’s capital city and everyone on the streets feels it.
FRONT PORCH: Why do black people have to keep explaining racism?
A young black Jesuit priest in the United States is depressed and frustrated. He lives in an overwhelmingly white religious community and works in overwhelmingly white institutions. He is exhausted with having to constantly explain to white colleagues and friends the legacy of racism he and other blacks endure day after day.
EDITORIAL: US epidemic is the elephant in the room
AS The Bahamas busily prepares to reopen to tourists, there is an elephant in the room that we are struggling to address – the ongoing number of cases of COVID-19 in the United States.
ALICIA WALLACE: We won’t go away and the questions won’t stop just because you treat us with contempt
The resignation of Dr. Duane Sands as Minister of Health has come up again. We all still had questions about what happened to lead to that action. We heard there was a breach of protocol, but never a description of the breach. How did Sands overstep and who else was responsible for what took place?
EDITORIAL: Rushing students into exams could harm their futures
SHOULD students who have had to study at home through the pandemic have to take their examinations in the coming weeks?
We need to rid our country of the institutional inequalities that persist in our laws, our policies, and our practices
THE death of George Floyd in the US has ignited a movement that aims to challenge the issues of racial injustice and police brutality that continue to plague that nation.
PETER YOUNG: A sickening cycle which can never be broken by turning to violence
Most people will be thoroughly familiar by now with the circumstances of the death two weeks ago of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis and its violent aftermath. But it is hard to refrain from commenting on this and the subsequent protests both in the US and around the world. The killing of an unarmed and handcuffed Afro-American man already in police custody, with the sickeningly graphic video footage for all to watch, has triggered revulsion around the world.
FACE TO FACE: Two white officers on the front line of policing in the US - what do they think?
Two police officers in Hollywood, Florida took the time to speak with me over the weekend about the protests happening in America and throughout the world.
EDITORIAL: Once more unto the beach, dear friends?
We’re back in business – although not quite everyone yet.
WORLD VIEW: Can Guyana stand up to this trial of its democracy?
ADHERENCE to democracy, including free and fair elections, has been on trial in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region over the past three months in Guyana and Suriname.
EDITORIAL: Facing up to police problems in The Bahamas
THE protests in the United States have rightly drawn support from Bahamians – joining in the stand against racism and police brutality.
STATESIDE: In ’68 when America burned, voters turned to Nixon - now Trump will be praying they’ll do the same for him
As America writhes in agony over the death of George Floyd and its bloody aftermath, politicians, pundits, journalists, observers and just plain citizens are trying to make sense of all the chaos, confusion and heartbreak. One way of doing this is to compare what’s happening today with sometime in the nation’s past. Since the US survived that comparable period, it will survive the current collection of calamities. Or so the thinking goes.
FRONT PORCH: Seriously, where does this version of history come from?
Once again University of The Bahamas professor Dr Nicolette Bethel has me scratching my head wondering at her interpretation of our history and how confused our young students must be.
