BY PATRICK HUNTER   The building collapse in Bangladesh is not the first tragedy of its kind in that part of the world and, regrettably, it will not be the last. Simply put, improving work conditions cu
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BY PAT WATSON   The weekly wage for garment workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, where in 30 minutes a historic March 25, 1911 fire took the lives of 147 workers, was based on pi
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu)   She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partn
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By LENNOX FARRELL   Poverty is violence. But what is wealth? Most of us associate it with money, savings, brokerage, insurance, investments, our homes or other forms of financial capital.   F
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By PAT WATSON   If you want to look for abuses of employee rights in the working world, look first to what happens to Black workers. A story familiar to many in our community has to do with training a n
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By Dr. CHRISTOPHER J. MORGAN   Everyone reading this article knows someone with diabetes.   Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world and here in Canada. Today, more than nin
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu)   One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural d
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By LENNOX FARRELL   Why do we sometimes choose not to act, when we know we should and can?   In too many instances we do not take action we see needed because we think our efforts might be wa
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By PATRICK HUNTER   Two of Canada’s political parties have put new coats of paint on in preparation for the next general elections which is due in 2015. In the red corner, the Liberal Party of Canada
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By PAT WATSON   For far too many years, on far too many occasions, until I got to be either too old or too hard-eyed, I had been sexually harassed or worse. That doesn't make me special; it marks me a
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