By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Not only does the success of Barack Obama not signify the death of White racism as a personal or institutional phenomenon, if anything, it may well signal the emergence of an
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By LENNOX FARRELL What is worse than being in a war? Not knowing you’re in one. Or pretending that while others and their children might be in one, you and yours sure ain’t!     And there
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By PAT WATSON After all the shenanigans we have been witness to in the past weeks regarding public transit construction, members of Toronto City Council must have breathed a sigh of relief with the minority Lib
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By Dr. CHRISTOPHER J. MORGAN Cardiologist Dr. Paul Galiwango warned us in last week’s column that hypertension (high blood pressure) is a major cause of cardiovascular disease such as heart disease and stroke
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By LENNOX FARRELL There are more wealthy Black people in Ontario today than ever before. There are more Black professionals – lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists, teachers, writers, etc. There are more te
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By PAT WATSON It says something about the late, much admired Jack Layton, sixth leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP), that it would take the election of two persons to replace him.   &nbs
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu)     The saying “Time flies when you’re having fun” had special meaning for me during the recent March 12-16 March Break. It was a time that I needed to brin
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) Since 1966 the United Nations has designated March 21 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was chosen to commemorate the Sharpeville Massa
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By PAT WATSON So many of the answers to life’s health concerns come in the form of a pill these days that it’s beginning to look like we can find a cure for everything just by popping the right pill. Maybe
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By Dr. CHRISTOPHER J. MORGAN Heart disease and stroke make up two of the three leading causes of death in Canada. Every seven minutes, someone in Canada dies of heart disease or stroke. The leading cause of hos
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