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In memoriam: Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, 1926-2018

August 29, 2018 NOW Staff

Rolling with Bromley Armstrong was like rolling with Elvis. I found that out when the civil rights leader and union activist was honoured by the...

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The truth about the Star-Spangled Banner

August 27, 2018 Gary Freeman

The controversy surrounding whether NFL players should be allowed to kneel to protest the shooting of unarmed Black men by police during the pre-game singing...

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Jane-Finch voices speak truth to power on gun violence

August 9, 2018 Paul Nguyen

As a kid growing up in Jane and Finch, I often rode my bike along Driftwood Avenue, having water-gun fights between the maze of townhouse...

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Caribbean Carnival letdown

August 7, 2018 NOW Staff

Caribbean-Canadians wait all year for the festival we know as Caribana, now officially called Peeks Toronto Caribbean Carnival. It's not uncommon for us to put money away...

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Torontos history of gun violence: a vicious cycle of missteps, intransigence and bad policy

August 6, 2018 Neil Price

You only have to consider the history of official responses to Torontos gun violence to understand what Einstein meant when he said that insanity is...

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Black community reps pen open letter to John Tory and Doug Ford on gun violence

July 24, 2018 NOW Staff

At a recent meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB), a motion by Mayor John Tory seeking $4 million from City Council to install...

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Dining while Black

May 9, 2018 Byron Armstrong

Hipster folks, I’m trying my best. But it’s very difficult to chill when I am made to feel like a foreigner every time I step...

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Doug Ford: the Black community’s white saviour

April 10, 2018 Byron Armstrong

Doug Ford loves the Black community. And they love him. To use his words, there is no politician in this country, including Black politicians presumably,...

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Black Futures Month: Five Torontonians imagine a city without anti-Black racism

January 31, 2018 Chris Rattan

As Black History Month invites us to commemorate the past, a growing movement to recognize February as Black Futures Month calls on the Black diaspora...

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The race divide in Toronto schools

December 20, 2017 NOW Staff

School doesn’t have to divide and rule us. But it does. Even talking about schooling divides us, as we see by early reaction to the...

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Why the city’s Intersectionality Awareness Week proposal is all crossed up

July 19, 2017 Rinaldo Walcott

When Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam floated a petition and proposal for the establishment of “Intersectionality Awareness Week” earlier this month, I was among a group of...

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What its like being Black and queer in school

June 29, 2017 Shantal Otchere

Blowback over Black Lives Matter Torontos (BLM-TO) protest at Pride last summer exposed the ease with which we are capable of slipping into racist impulses....

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BLMTO’s Pride action is a reminder that a good time cannot always be had by all

June 27, 2017 NOW Staff

It was all smiles at the Pride parade celebrations until the city got a reminder of the inconvenient truth of anti-Black racism.Thousands of revelers crowded...

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Time for white left to speak up on anti-Black racism

May 24, 2017 Rinaldo Walcott

"Hooligans to blame, not racism, Rae says." "Our racial record tolerable compared to U.S." Those headlines - the first quoting then NDP premier Bob Rae,...

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All stories in: anti-Black racism

In memoriam: Bromley Lloyd Armstrong, 1926-2018

The truth about the Star-Spangled Banner

Jane-Finch voices speak truth to power on gun violence

Caribbean Carnival letdown

Torontos history of gun violence: a vicious cycle of missteps, intransigence and bad policy

Black community reps pen open letter to John Tory and Doug Ford on gun violence

Dining while Black

Doug Ford: the Black community’s white saviour

Black Futures Month: Five Torontonians imagine a city without anti-Black racism

The race divide in Toronto schools

Why the city’s Intersectionality Awareness Week proposal is all crossed up

What its like being Black and queer in school

BLMTO’s Pride action is a reminder that a good time cannot always be had by all

Time for white left to speak up on anti-Black racism

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