The readers’ editor on… showing that black writers can write about far more than race
By Chris Elliott From The Guardian So often the ‘go to’ people are white, have been to the same schools, the same universities. The media seem only ever to ask black people to write about race Reading Festival of Crime Writing,…
4-3 Reversal of murder conviction prompts justice’s call for legislative action
By Alyson M. Palmer, From Daily Report A 4-3 decision by the Georgia Supreme Court to grant a new trial to a murder defendant prompted a dissenting justice to call on the Legislature to change a statute governing trial judges’…
Palliative Care options – Something to talk about for Caribbean elders
By Lyndon Johnson From CaribPress News/New America Media LOS ANGELES–Do you ever wonder, if you were to become terminally ill, would your doctors be able to provide you with the kind of care you would want in the last days…
‘Godfather II’ explains Dominican anxiety over U.S-Cuba
By Ezra Fieser Bloomberg News From Idaho Statesman The Caribbean country where the movie’s Havana scenes were filmed stands to lose a lot from normalized relations. The scenes of mafia don Michael Corleone driving through the streets of Havana on…
Harvard’s computer science department gets a $60M boost from ex-Microsoft CEO
By Katie Sola From Mashable Harvard’s computer science department is getting around $60 million from ex-Microsoft CEO and 1977 alum Steve Ballmer. Ballmer, who now owns the LA Clippers basketball team, hopes to remake Harvard into a world-class destination for…
Kamla Persad-Bissessar fires six Ministers amid Cabinet scandal
From AMG Hit by scandals before constitutionally-due elections, PM attempts to placate public mistrust in her Cabinet with radical changes PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, February 2, 2015 (AMG) — With her embattled Attorney-General and her Minister of National Security accused…
Judge asks for changes to NFL Concussion Settlement
By Saranac Hale Spencer, from The Legal Intelligencer The federal judge handling the case over concussions in the National Football League has suggested minor changes to the settlement before she grants it final approval. The proposed settlement, which got preliminary…
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The Pentagon comes up short on climate
By Eric Bonds from Caribbean Life The Pentagon recently released a new report sounding the alarm on the national security threats posed by climate change. Like previous reports on the subject, this one makes clear that Department of Defence (DoD)…
Gadget of the week
CES is basically a Toy Fair for grown-ups. Is that a bad thing? By Chris Taylor From Mashable LAS VEGAS — Here at CES [last month], buzz spreads faster digitally than it does by word of mouth. So when a…
Hopes for new dawn on free movement
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News Faced with the challenge to secure a realistic compromise with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over a threatened US$42 million lawsuit against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the…
