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A pastor jailed more than a hundred years ago after he wrote about the unfair treatment of Jamaican workers in Bermuda was granted a posthumous pardon by the Governor yesterday. Government House confirmed that John Rankin had pardoned the Reverend Ch...

In the United States, we do not have a justice system, we have a legal system. That system has been designed to follow the letter of the law, not the spirit of fairness. Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us serves as a powerful reminder of this fact. The ...

When Barack Obama won the United States presidential election in 2008, for the black Western experience it was monumental. Most of those born in the 1950s and earlier could not have imagined that such a phenomenon was possible in their lifetime. So t...

Women’s reproductive rights and the need to combat a culture of “shaming” were championed yesterday at an International Women’s March. Women gathered at noon at Queen Elizabeth Park in Hamilton to celebrate this year’s global theme of #WomensWave, de...

A sand sculpture of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr was created on Elbow Beach over the weekend. Hannah Strang, the organiser of the annual Bermuda Sand Castle Competition, created the sculpture. Ms Strang said it was created to honour Dr King,...

Primary school pupils took part in an annual march to celebrate the life of US civil rights leader the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr yesterday. A Bermuda civil rights hero was also on hand to speak to schoolchildren about her role in a pivotal event...

A pressure group has asked the Government to keep a promise to launch an investigation into Bermuda’s history of “land grabs” and property theft. The Civil Justice Advocacy Group wants a firm timeline for when a commission will be set up and details ...

In December 1967, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced the “Poor People’s Campaign” to demand basic economic and human rights, especially for people living in poverty. That campaign, led by Ral...

The Women’s Resource Centre is not at all surprised by the recent conversational frenzy around recent comments made by national security minister Wayne Caines. This is what happens. There is an outcry around an incident and as soon as the dust settle...

As a columnist I don’t wish to be partisan by failing to speak about any matter of public concern. The recent remarks that the Minister of National Security confirms to have been said by him are graphic and concerning. No, it’s not the first time a ...

The life and work of a veteran campaigner for civil rights is to be celebrated tomorrow. Eva Hodgson will be honoured in the annual Dr Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood Memorial lecture. Meredith Ebbin, one of the organisers, said that D...

“Rise up fallen fighters Rise and take your stance again” — Robert Nesta Marley Last week we witnessed a combination of cries and celebrations. Last week we witnessed a combination of tears and triumphs. Last week we stood among giants and walked wi...