Across the world, June is observed as the month to honour the lives and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons who actively stood up against discrimination and institutional violence in defence of their identity.
French writer, Albert Camus popularised the philosophy of the absurd in his works, including the essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus,” about the cunning Greek king, condemned to a cruel fate.
The human condition is such that in almost every walk of life, by various means – usually trickery and force – individuals will perennially seek and try to institutionalise advantage over each other, and the most that can be hoped for is mitigation of this phenomenon.
By Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – Although much derided by climate-change deniers, not least US President Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal hits the nail on the head with its urgent call for the United States to lead by example on global warming.
Just over a week ago, Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said that starting this month all state employed workers will receive the first of what will likely be several salary increases.
The Ministry of Finance recently issued a circular to the heads of all budget agencies to begin preparations for the 2020 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures.
By Carolyn Cooper Carolyn Cooper, PhD, is a specialist on culture and development.
When freedom of expression is challenged, we all are at risk.
“This land is my land” I return briefly to the issue of choices before and whenever His Excellency “proclaims” the elections date.
Introduction This column has had an extensive rest – more than half the year while more and more of the defects and inadequacies of the infamous “ExxonMobil” Petroleum Agreement (PA) have been exposed.
By Akola Thompson In the year 1995, Jamaican artiste and activist Macka B sang the jam, Legalize the Herb.
The Mighty Sparrow offered the most creative explanations for philandering in his classic hit, “Lying excuses” putting to shame Shaggy’s steadfast denials years later, “It Wasn’t Me.”
‘Take Azerbaijan’s 2013 elections, when the highly repressive government of President Ilham Aliyev sought to boost its democratic credentials by launching an iPhone app that enabled citizens to keep up to speed with the vote tallies as ballot counting took place.
How sad. At the much-awaited Democratic presidential debates Wednesday and Thursday, none of the five moderators or any of the 20 presidential hopefuls mentioned the biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis in the Western Hemisphere: Venezuela.
By Simon Johnson WASHINGTON, DC – Around the world, the creation of good new jobs is increasingly concentrated in some of the largest cities.
By Ron Fanfair Ron Fanfair is a freelance writer/photographer for Share (sharenews.com)
On 18 June 2019, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handed down its decisions on two matters that were referred to it for a ruling.
Speaking at the end of the recent summit of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, was clear.
Food shortages and medical drug scarcities; crime and hyperinflation; mismanagement and dictatorship.
-Romanticising the ghetto? Or empowering it? Hoping that the thoughts explored or expressed in the paragraphs immediately hereunder do not attract the displeasure of the more politically-minded.
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