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This poem was written after I observed that a front-page newspaper story about a black Bermudian male was printed on the same day his sibling’s funeral notice — Brother Blue Collar Worker or “BCW” — finally showed up on the back pages of the newspape...

In a second exclusive extract from Border Crossing Brothas: Black Males Navigating Race, Place and Complex Space, TY-RON DOUGLAS uses poetry to make a crucial point. *** This poem was written after I observed that a front-page newspaper story about a...

Ty-Ron Douglas, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri, has spent much of his adult life researching black masculinity, black family and African Diaspora Studies. And now he h...

Whatever one may think of the most efficient ways to spend $38,000, or whether such a small sum of money in the context of national spending is worth losing a job over, what is undeniable is that the Bermuda Government has made a pig’s ear of trying ...

“How was art?” My eight-year-old’s favourite subject. “OK,” came the response, sounding less than OK. “We were learning to draw faces. We had to do them correctly.” Sounds great to me. Why wouldn’t he be happy about getting it right? He has a new te...

Speculation about the reasons for a decision, or the true cost of a project, has been elevated to a fine art after years of living without an access to information law. Our country’s refinement of this skill began with generations of late-night talk...

“Bermuda is another world”. In the western hemisphere or the Americas, there isn’t another country or island jurisdiction that has a racial profile like Bermuda. Most countries such as the United States or the Caribbean have either an overwhelming, a...

Dear Sir, So what is missing from the Bermuda formula for businesses and individuals to further help and nurture the many existing initiatives that already exist to help to grow opportunities for all? As a young businessman, Elmore Warren was one of...

Dear Sir, From my perspective as a businessman, it is helpful to consider and to identify the conditions that help to create opportunities for individuals in Bermuda. With this information, we can then consider how businesses can engage further to en...

Dear Sir, I never go into Hamilton late in the day, but recently I went into town after 4.30pm. I was absolutely appalled at what I saw. Town was teeming with schoolchildren. This is a problem. Schoolchildren need to be home after school doing homewo...