Social Justice

Ayanna Pressley Introduces Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Resolution

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass), unveiled a sweeping criminal justice reform resolution on Thursday that could begin dismantling a racist system that disproportionately targets, incarcerates, and kills members of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities. The United States, a nation addicted to punishment and cages, is the number one jailer in the world, something that Pressley is ...

Crisis in Cameroon

Crisis in Cameroon

By Godlove Ngwafusi, Atonaa Media Group Crisis in Cameroon (while the Canadians party on like rock stars) The Canadian Connection, eh? Genocide! "Rwanda 2.0" has been simmering in Cameroon for years now — and counting. But hey, who’s counting? As long as there are a few bucks to be made, jobs to be created in ...

Toronto Police Accused Of Pushing Black Woman From 24th Floor Balcony

Toronto police are being accused of pushing a Black woman off an apartment balcony to her death in the city’s High Park neighbourhood. The incident took place on Wednesday, May 27, at around 5:15 pm. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Toronto police responded to a "domestic incident" at an apartment building on High Park ...

Toronto Police Chief Addresses Death Of Regis Korchinski-Paquet

Police chief Mark Saunders is calling for calm amid allegations of foul play in the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who fell to her death from a 24th-floor apartment balcony during an interaction with Toronto police. He revealed that dispatch received three individual 911 calls regarding an assault at 100 High Park on Wednesday evening, two ...

CBSA Fires Employee In Snapchat Video Allegedly Mocking George Floyd: Report

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has reportedly terminated the sister of Shania Lavallee, an Ottawa woman who allegedly posted a Snapchat video online that seemed to be mocking George Floyd’s death. Her sister, Justine Lavallee, had indicated on her social media profile that she was a Program Officer at the CBSA. In a screenshot ...

Beyond Abolishing the Police, We Must Decriminalize Our Imagination

I was swiping through Instagram stories when I saw a humorous TikTok video poking fun at the pressure that many parents feel to stay calm when disciplining their children in public. Embarrassed, they timidly smile at onlookers and diplomatically negotiate with their screaming kid, only to blow up with rage and reach for the belt ...

If You Directly Benefit From Racism, Should You Be Profiting As An Anti-Racism Expert?

If You Directly Benefit From Racism, Should You Be Profiting As An Anti-Racism Expert? Janice Gassam Asare – Senior Contributor, Diversity & Inclusion The racial reckoning that was sparked by the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd has left the world analyzing anti-Black sentiment and Googling terms like ‘anti-racist’ and ‘diversity’ at increased rates. ...

Black Love

BLACK LOVE – A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER “There has been this unbroken history of struggle for liberation for hundreds of years, but Black people managed to create beauty and love in the very process of fighting this system.” — Angela Davis What is Black Love? This wide-reaching term can refer to love shared among ...