This week an article I wrote about the observations on the Democratic Presidential election among Black Canadians was published in my hometown newspaper, the Toronto Star. As any freelance journalist knows, you have to adhere to a rigorous word count and I really wanted to post some of the perspectives from the interviewees that didn't make the cut, here.
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Sometimes Too Much Change Isn't Good - The Pending Changes to Canada's Immigration Policy
Right now, there is a six-year waiting time and almost 900,000 applicants who are hoping to immigrate to Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stated that if something isn't done soon, the backlog will soon increase to 1.5 million people waiting to enter Canada with an average wait time of 10 years.
Hillary Clinton - What Makes a Candidate 'Electable?'
Note: I'm horrible at titles. I was thinking of two other ones:
a) Hillary Clinton: Learn How to Count; or more to the point -
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Feminism, Plagiarism and Women of Colour - Whose Voice is More Valued - or Marketable?
Update: I have added a link to Brownfemipower's final post. This looks like a temporary page so I have no idea how long the link will be active.
I've written before about blogger exhaustion - which for me, and what seems to be pretty common among some of my fellow bloggers - is when we start to question the legitimacy or social relevance of what we are preparing to write about before we start composing when previously, it was a spontaneous, effortless pastime.
What is Happening to our Kids? Increasing Violence Among Young Women
Disclaimer: I don't have children. And quite frankly, after the past year of watching various news reports about increasing violence among kids, I am unsure whether I will ever have them. Don't get me wrong - I don't think that all kids are evil - actually, I don't blame the kids. I blame the parents. As a self-absorbed metalhead black militant who loves to partaay, I sometimes wonder if I have the goods to bring a child into this miserable world.