By LENNOX FARRELL What memories and historical parallels might Ethiopian Orthodox Rabbi Sharon Shalom, visiting from Israel, stir among Caribbean peoples in Toronto? For one thing, the old people usually referr
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Black America still wears chains. The finest Negro is at the mercy of the meanest White man. Even winners of our highest honours face the class colour bar. With their right ha
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By PAT WATSON Something happened in Florida after the February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin that then spread across America. Or maybe something has been happening in America
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Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, has released “Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act (C-31): Myth vs. Reality”, a document to Canada’s ethnic communities.     The Canadian Asso
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By EKOW BARTELS-KODWO At a poorly attended summit of Central American leaders, the host, President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala, reiterated calls for the decriminalization of recreational drug use.  
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By LENNOX FARRELL Ethiopian-born Rabbi Sharon Shalom, who now lives in Israel, will visit Toronto on Sunday April 15. This visit will be unique in several ways. Among other things, he wants to connect with memb
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MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Now I have seen that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it were in the brave days, the days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see thei
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By PAT WATSON Whitney Houston. Whitney. The name alone evokes so much emotion for so many. Going forward, Black History Month will have additional resonance for many since it was on February 11 that the gifted
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This is an edited transcript of an interview between Paul Jay, Senior Editor of The Real News Network and Glen Ford, Executive Director of BlackAgendareport.com. JAY: Ever so often, a window o
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By PETER SHOWLER The government has placed a new bill, Bill C-31, before parliament that will fundamentally change Canada’s refugee system. One of the most important changes is to the refugee claim process it
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