By Special Correspondent Jessica Yee Okay, so I’ll be honest, my night didn’t really start off too well. Waiting for the streetcar to come so I can go check out the much anticipated photo exhibit for “Prom Night in Mississippi� I see this gem of a display in a popular Queen West shoe store r...

Since the 2010 Olympic bid in Vancouver began in 1998, organizing against the games has been strong. Activists are resisting for a variety of reasons, such as the long history of colonialism/racism associated with the Olympics, or the fact that the 2010 Games are set to take place on stolen land (un...

A new lawsuit alleges that the Jesuit order of the Catholic Church sent problem priests to remote Alaskan villages, where their crimes would have a reduced chance of discovery. A former monk and advocate for sex abuse victims told the Anchorage Daily News, “They were specifically targeting the...

by Guest Contributor SLB, originally published at PostBougie I could never be a real militant. Because there’s no way a real militant would’ve sat through Baz Luhrmann’s latest epic, Australia , which clocks in at a superfluous 3+ hours, and dug it as much as I did. It’s a film rife with kne...

Thanksgiving: A National Day of Mourning for Indians" / WE Don’t Do Thanksgiving - because until the situation is equalized across the board, in our humble opinion; There Ain’t Nothin to Celebrate. Today We Honor and Join with our Native Peoples in their statement for the Truth and Right...

by Special Correspondent Jessica Yee Like millions of people all over the world, I’m ecstatic, over-the-moon inspired by Obama’s win. If for no other reason (and all the others too in which we share the same opinion, like abortion for example) than his win is actually a good thing for the people...

Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog I watched The Devil’s Miner (website) last night for the first time (it was originally from 2005) and what a film this is. The central question of the film is How do we live in dignity? Especially when you are 14 years old, living in Potosi, Bolivia,...

The Japanese government and Christians should support the rights of the Ainu indigenous people in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, a United Church of Christ leader in Japan has said....

“A special reference must be made to another well-known doctor in Cuzco who was most sincerely convinced that coca-chewing was disastrous to the Indian…. He explained the habit in the following way: ´The Indian is racially an oligophrenic [mentally deficient]… coca leaf makes him forget his d...