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August 1 is Emancipation Day, but are Black people truly free?

July 31, 2020 By El Jones Leave a Comment

We are a collective of incarcerated Black people – political prisoners held hostage by the state – and our supporters on the outside who are making this statement on Emancipation Day. On August 1, African people across the globe celebrate Emancipation Day. This marks the day the Abolition of Slavery Act was passed freeing enslaved […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Black August, Black incarceration, Black Lives Matter (BLM), defund the police, Emancipation Day, freedom, Prisoner Justice Day, prisons

Change is Brewing: new collective brings queer and BIPOC presence to the brewing industry

July 15, 2020 By Evelyn C. White 3 Comments

Last summer found me savouring a brew at The Hatfield House in Tusket. Unlike the many who’ve met my queries about race relations in Nova Scotia with shame or silence, a staffer at the posh restaurant spoke openly about the former residence of Abigail Price. “Records show that she was a Black woman who built […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, News Tagged With: Abigail Price, Amber Zaza, Aoife MacNamara, BIPOC, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Blackberry Freedom, brewing, Damian McCartney, Giovanni Gio Johnson, Good Robot Brewing Company, Jayme-Lynn Gloade, John Webster, Joshua Counsil, Lameia Reddick, Nathan Fels, NSCAD, O'Neil Miller, Shekara Grant, Shoreline Malting, The Change is Brewing Collective, The Hatfield House, Tusket

Ice cream and the Long Hot Summer

June 15, 2020 By Evelyn C. White 2 Comments

The worldwide Black Lives Matters protests against police brutality and racial injustice have prompted me to meditate on (among other topics) … vanilla. For vanilla — one of the most expensive spices on the planet — loomed large in my youthful witnessing of a quiet act of resistance against forces that have kneed the necks (literally […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Carolyn Lochhead, DeeDee's Ice Cream, Edmond Albius, ice cream, Isabel Wilkerson, Joe Bass Jr., Long Hot Summer, Martin Luther King Jr., police violence

Black Lives Matter in prison, too

June 14, 2020 By El Jones 3 Comments

A group of federally incarcerated Black prisoners have written the following statement. It was read to El Jones, and has been slightly edited for length and clarity. We have been watching the Black Lives Matters protests and the conversations about police violence. We have been taking part in our own conversations with prisoners of all […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: Black Lives Matter (BLM), defund police, life in prison, police brutality, police violence, racism in the justice system and in prison, Rodney Levi, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

“This is my beautiful family. They are not the same colour as me.”

Morning File, Wednesday, June 3, 2020

June 3, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 1 Comment

News 1. “We need answers and justice. This tragedy cannot have been for nothing” The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Jennifer Henderson speaks with Erica Surette, whose mother, Patricia West, died in Northwood Centre nursing home after contracting COVID-19. On Tuesday, lawyer Ray Wagner filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black children, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Caralee McDaniel, community garden, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dartmouth Family Centre, Dartmouth North Community Food Centre, Donalda MacIsaac, Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Lisa Lively MacIsaac, Micah MacIsaac, non-profit, pandemic, racism in hockey, The North Grove

One day in the streets doesn’t stop injustice, but it does show how Black lives matter

June 2, 2020 By El Jones 2 Comments

I’m standing in front of the Black Lives Matter banner at the protest for Regis on Saturday when my phone starts ringing insistently. It’s the jail. I walk away from the crowd and answer. A young Black man is calling from segregation at Burnside. Along with other prisoners, he filed a habeas application challenging their […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, anti-Black violence, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Blocko, Eishia Hudson, George Floyd, justice, Justice for Regis, Lynn Jones, OmiSoore Dryden, police violence, Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Renous, Santina Rao, Sharisha Benedict, Soleiman Faqiri, Take a Knee protest, Yusuf Faqiri

A White People’s Guide to Black History Month

February 3, 2019 By El Jones 2 Comments

It’s February, the most dangerous month of the year for free speech and free expression in Canada. A good way to start off the month if you’re white is by a bunch of white people having a conversation among themselves about how important it is to have a conversation about whether blackface is racist or […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged With: anti-Black racism, Black History Month, Black Lives Matter (BLM), blackface, Martin Luther King Jr., police shootings, racial profiling, Viola Desmond

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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