In this month of the Lion the world has opened up. Some say we are still politically, socially, and economically on shaky ground. I say with Unity, Self Determination, Cooperative

By STAFF WRITER Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lauded Jamaicans for their resilience in the midst of a pandemic. In a statement to mark the country’s 59th anniversary of political independence

I am a Jamaican living in the USA. But what does it mean to be Jamaican? For me, this means that I am a hybrid. Partly old, fully new. I

I was born and raised in St. Mary, Jamaica, West Indies but if I didn’t tell you that, you probably wouldn’t have guessed. I moved to the United States in

By Davu of the BlackSPEARience Looking at my Talley & Twine watch I see it’s about that time to give you the BlackSPEARience. The month of July was jam packed

By Davu of the BlackSPEARience   Happy Joyous June. Rise in the month of summer beginnings. Shine like a beautiful pearl, the birthstone of June. School’s out. The days are

On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally