Opinion Writers
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Progress? Tell that to slain Davon, 11
In the short, out-of-focus video, Davon McNeal stands in front of a whiteboard fastened to a blue wall and speaks about...
Jul 13, 2020 8:00 am
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The first nation to ban slavery? Well, that was Haiti
Global protests in support of Black Lives Matter have systematically exposed the legacies of slavery and colonialism...
- Jul 13, 2020 8:00 am
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Wake-up call from down south
The Covid-19 pandemic has, and will, cause significant changes to our way of life. We have already had to adapt to unfamiliar...
- Jul 11, 2020 8:00 am
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Big corporations and chains to profit in the wake of Covid-19
Antonio’s, my kids’ favourite pizza-by-the-slice joint, will be fine. The rest of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts, where I...
- Jul 10, 2020 8:00 am
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Employment Catch-22: are we set up to fail?
A recent post on the Facebook page, Maj’s List, stirred up some healthy conversation and launched me into some thoughts I’ve...
- Jul 9, 2020 8:00 am
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Return of sport: ‘we sure about this?’
Anticipation fuels sports. You are constantly expecting something to stir your emotions: a superb match-up, a play-off run,...
- Jul 9, 2020 8:00 am
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The protester’s playbook: music and chant
After spending weeks staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic, people reacted to the killing of George Floyd by...
- Jul 8, 2020 8:00 am
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Trump’s new depths of campaign depravity
It should be no surprise that Donald Trump has chosen to centre his re-election campaign on appeals to racism and the...
- Jul 8, 2020 8:00 am
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An act of Chinese repression
The Monday arrest of Chinese law professor Xu Zhangrun vividly demonstrated the intolerant and autocratic rule of President Xi...
- Jul 8, 2020 8:00 am
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Many lessons learnt during the pandemic
When I first heard about the plans for social-distancing in late February as a response to the coronavirus, I thought it was...
- Jul 7, 2020 8:00 am
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- Deal or no deal: a health perspective
- A 22-point plan to economic recovery
- Appreciation at the start, appreciation at the end
- Cannabis legislation: impact on youth the biggest question
- So, what is going to happen next?
- The pandemic and policing
- How we got to the capital B in ‘Black’
Football must look within to counter racial bias- Could that actually happen to my son?
- Constitutional rights and freedoms
- Racial justice and reparations that must inevitably follow
- Thanks to this virus, 60 is the new 65
- Approach of the Covid-19 cliff
- What PTSD tells us about slavery
- For our children: a welcome and brave decision
- Retail and the struggle to survive in Bermuda
- Trump’s stance on immigrant workers hurts the US
- Coronavirus pandemic deprives children of space
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Austerity must be the only post-Covid fiscal policy
- How to decide which statues to pull down
- Systemic racism in the criminal justice system
- Supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs
- Welcome to the year of economic fallacies
- The re-education of Nascar
- Blacks no longer buying suicide line about hanging deaths
- Ruminations of an idle surgeon: the sequel
- O Canada, this virus ain’t messing
- Ruminations of an idle surgeon
- Why a regulated cannabis regime?
- Books help fight racism but we must act on what we know
- Systemic racism’s end or votes? What say you, Mr Premier?
- Pros and cons of early pension withdrawals
- Protesting is the easy part for non-blacks. What next?
- Mary Prince statue would promote more inclusive history
- We must look at the bigger picture
- System needs to embrace both Bermudians and visitors
- Black Lives Matter more popular than Trump
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Systemic discrimination and
racial inequality in Bermuda
- Senior care homes on the island need better funding
- Black Lives Matter march a big step in right direction
