Opinion
Malcolm X was committed to the liberation of Africans
El Hajj Malik El Shabazz was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is seriously underrated as an influential figure in African-American history. Shabazz worked tirelessly and was uncompromisingly committed to
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The Gatlin gun changed the nature of warfare
The Ballad Of Crowfoot is a short film made by the National Film Board of Canada. It is available on the Internet on YouTube [website below].
This short film, useful as an educational tool, or for information and disc
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Don’t get huffy over Kanye and Kim
An American female celebrity breezed into town last week, here to hawk her latest product, accompanied by her equally famous rapper beau-of-the-moment. >From the remarks on Twitter that their visit generated, one would think th
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Liberals’ survival part of the political game
The McGuinty Liberals have survived the first major test of their minority government with the indirect help of the Andrea Horwath New Democrats. Absent, by their own choosing, from the discussions were the Tim Hudak Progressive C
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Minister takes issue with column on refugees
Pat Watson’s February 23, 2012 column (For federal government, ‘refugee’ is a slur) is ironically filled with outrageous slurs.
Ms. Watson claims that in championing Bill C-31, the Protecting Canada’s Immi
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Mandela resisted European domination and repression
Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first legitimate, democratically-elected President on May 10, 1994, after more than three centuries of White minority misrule.
Born Nkosi Rolihlala Dalibhunga Mandela on July 18, 1
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George Padmore impacted post-colonial independence movements
It is noteworthy that within one organization built by Black people, the International Services African Bureau, that after WWII, almost every Black country that achieved independence, be it in Africa or in the Caribbean, had a lea
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We are constantly under some form of assault
In this old world we are faced with many conundrums yet, in spite of that reality, or more likely because of it, we like our dichotomies.
We have a federal government that has made a point of its law-and-order stance;
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Former British colonies have similar independence struggles
What does the independence of former British West Indian territories like Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Belize, St. Kitts & Nevis, Guyana and others have in common with the independence of African countries like Ghana, Kenya
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University students seek culturally specific health services on campus
By Dr. CHRISTOPHER J. MORGAN
Long days in class (sleeping in a few), long nights at the library or at home studying at my desk, having more exams than there are days in the week, working a part-time job, trying to find time for
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