A bad human being and a badly portrayed one
By CALIBE THOMPSON Even many developing countries with poor records on women’s rights have already elected a woman president. Yet here we are a few …
A play about the shame of sexuality in Christian Jamaica
By CALIBE THOMPSON Debra Ehrhart is a Jamaican woman who happily accepts the title of “drama queen.” An accomplished actress and playwright, she skillfully creates …
Why the Democratic ticket can count on the Caribbean vote
By CALIBE THOMPSON I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Caribbean people as a block aren’t liberal by nature. In fact, many …
Anthem celebrates the murder of our African ancestors
By CALIBE THOMPSON “Eternal Father, bless our land. Guide us with thy mighty hand.” Those are the words that start the Jamaican national anthem. No …
How to predict the death of an American political movement
By CALIBE THOMPSON Does anyone remember Occupy Wall Street and their fight against greedy corporations? Or the Tea Party and their fight against the bipartisanship …
I’ll always love Jamaica, but can we ever go home again?
By CALIBE THOMPSON Last week I sat in a hair salon near Half Way Tree in Jamaica listening to the shop owner vehemently disparage America …
Torn between two nations
By CALIBE THOMPSON America is a nation of immigrants, many of whom did not come here legally. Someone probably needs to share that with the …
The real secret to making change happen
By CALIBE THOMPSON I remember Rachel Maddow doing a piece maybe last year where she talked about the Republican Party, bolstered by a crop of …
A celebratory perspective on Emancipation Day
By Calibe Thompson Between the time of the Africans’ unwilling exodus to Jamaica and the island’s Independence from Britain in 1962, perhaps the most consequential …
Can only one man fix it, or are we stronger together?
By CALIBE THOMPSON I was fortunate enough to be among the press at the rally Saturday during which Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced …