It’s been one year since George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer set off the largest protests in U.S. history and a national reckoning with racism. Beyond the protests, every police killing – indeed, every violent act by police toward civilians – can have painful and widespread consequences.
When Viola Fletcher, 107, appeared before Congress in May 2021, she called for the nation to officially acknowledge the Tulsa race riot of 1921.
We recently reviewed 437 studies of narcissism and aggression involving a total of over 123,000 participants and found narcissism is related to a 21% increase in aggression and an 18% increase in violence.
Speaking on NPR’s Fresh Air, Barry Jenkins, the director of “The Underground Railroad,” noted that “before making this show … I would have said I’m the descendant of enslaved Africans.”
WASHINGTON DC, April 23, 2022 - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks says Jamaican women are consistently redefining expectations around what heights women can achieve, having shattered the proverbial glass ceiling in both the public and private sectors.
WASHINGTON DC, April 11, 2022 - Member of Parliament for East Portland Mrs Annmarie Vaz has committed to re-energizing Jamaica’s participation in the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and to engage bipartisan women’s support to advance issues affecting Jamaican women in relation to the organization's programmes.
Washington DC., March 7, 2022 - Jamaica’s embassy in Washington DC last week bid farewell to two members of staff who served the mission for more than half the number of years since the establishment of diplomatic relations with the United States sixty years ago.
Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have reached a settlement. Although this was always a likely outcome, the statement is worth probing in detail. Andrew accepts that Giuffre is a “victim of abuse”, and contrary to his interview with Newsnight, now “regrets his association” with Jeffrey Epstein. However, there is no admission of liability or statement of innocence regarding the allegations of sexual assault that Giuffre made against him. For Andrew, these remain hanging in the air, as he has not cleared his name in court.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Conscripts in Norway have been ordered to return their underwear, bras and socks after the end of their military service so that the next group of recruits can use them.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Opposition Spokesman on Industry, Investment & Global logistics, Anthony Hylton, has reacted to the passing of well-known businessman and culturally engaged Jamaican, Mr. James “Jimmy” Moss-Solomon,noting that his death is a great loss not only to the business community but to the public sector and the wider Jamaican society.
