Thursday, June 9, 2016

When Emperor Haile Selassie went to Jamaica on this day in 1966

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Fifty years ago today, Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie visited Jamaica. Hysterical crowds of thousands of people greeted him the airport in...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Cuba's Ongoing Resistance to US Ideological War

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Before leaving Montreal for Havana in March 2016 to cover Obama's trip to Havana, I wrote an article on Cuba–US relations. Referring to...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Slavery By Another Name

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Slavery: . . . that slow Poison, which is daily contaminating the Minds & Morals of our People. Every Gentlemen here is born a petty Tyr...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

America has locked up so many Black people

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For as long as the government has kept track, the economic statistics have shown a troubling racial gap. Black people are twice as likely as...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Despite Tradition and Convention, Salsa Keeps Egyptians on the Dance Floor

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Believe it or not, but Latin America and Egypt have more in common than ancient civilization and pyramid-building. After sampling food and m...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Black Lives in Germany: A Multigenerational Struggle for Acceptance

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Who am I? It seems like a simple enough question, but it is one that thousands of Germans of African descent have to ask themselves every d...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Afro-Colombian Issues Must Be Central to the Peace Process

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Afro-Colombians have been disproportionately affected by the country’s decades-long internal conflict and the war on drugs. Fighting between...