
By Parvathi Menon (The Hindu) inShare Viceroy Lord Canning meets Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu & Kashmir, 9 March 1860. Reparations by Britain to India for the injustices of colonial rule…
By Parvathi Menon (The Hindu) inShare Viceroy Lord Canning meets Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu & Kashmir, 9 March 1860. Reparations by Britain to India for the injustices of colonial rule…
. May 20, 2016 Your Excellency President Granger, Ministers of Government, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am delighted and honored to send…
I thank President Hollande, Minister Pau Langevin, for their gracious invitation to this momentous occasion. I thank the Ministers, the president of the Senate and the President of the National…
In the context and currents of human history, African liberation is an awesome ongoing historical project and a living practice of daily life. It is that long, hard…
For all their dueling ideologies, Senator Bernie Sanders and “presumptive Republican nominee” Donald Trump are two sides of the same coin. Both of them are angry, so intensely so, that…
In presidential politics, this nuisance thing called ‘history’ often has a way of rearing its sometimes ugly head. Political operatives often deny it, try to deflect its impact or…
May 17, 2016 America is literally falling apart. In Flint, children were poisoned by the lead contamination of the water. In Washington, the subway system is plagued by fires…
By Anton Edmunds WASHINGTON, United States– At the end of a recent speech on U.S.–Jamaica relations, former Jamaican diplomat Ambassador Curtis Ward weighed in on what he termed the…
By Alecia Smith-Edwards KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of finance and the public service, Audley Shaw, says Jamaica must move with urgency to develop a medical marijuana industry. He pointed…
By Charlene Muhammad (Contributing Writer) Dr. Ron Daniels Reform drug laws, by decriminalizing, legalizing, and regulating marijuana, Dr. Ron Daniels, veteran social and political activist, advocated during an intimate lunch…
I was apprehensive when I learned that President Obama would give the commencement speech at Howard University this year. I feared a repeat of his Morehouse speech, his yammering and scolding…