Today, the World Literacy Foundation announced that Chameleon Phoenix and Archelyn Sumampong will be World Literacy Foundation Youth Ambassadors for...
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As we celebrate the 159th anniversary of Juneteenth, I cannot help but think of how far we still have to go to reach a level of equity in America. The cornerstone of slavery was illiteracy among enslaved populations. Slave owners did everything they could to keep slaves ignorant and illiterate, often imposing severe penalties for literacy among slaves and those who taught them. They realized early that knowledge meant power, and maintaining slavery required policies and laws that promoted high rates of illiteracy among enslaved populations throughout America.
Today, the World Literacy Foundation announced that Chameleon Phoenix and Archelyn Sumampong will be World Literacy Foundation Youth Ambassadors for...
As the Walke Street Emancipation Committee prepares to host the 22nd edition of the Freedom Run 5K event in Sangre Grande on August 1 (Emancipation...
Historian Dr Jerome Teelucksingh thinks some of the societal problems Trinidad and Tobago faces are because local history is unknown or...
The helots, as the slaves in ancient Sparta were known, were the subjugated part of the population that actually made up the majority of the...
Almost every adult in the Horn of Africa States region is probably a politician - an ethno-politician.; Ethnicity appears to be the main yardstick...
“Colonialism and the slave trade were, at best, minor factors in Britain’s prosperity and may have been net loss makers.” This according to the...
We often see mayoral relief funds set up after a natural disaster. But the amount of financial assistance they provide pales in comparison to clean-up...
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that...
WHEN I switched careers, there were so many things I was insecure of that when I was promoted to become a manager, the first thing that came out of my...
By Hilya Mhani CRAN Manager: Consumer Relations and Advocacy. In today’s interconnected world, digital literacy is a fundamental skill required...