By: Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. October 20, 2026 This summer, I lost my mother. In the months since her passing, I have been learning to live with her absence. Yet grief…
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COMMENTARY: Caribbean-American Voting in the U.S. Mid-Term Elections Could be Influenced by Immigration Policies
By: Garfield L. Angus October 16, 2026 The immigration policies pursued by President Donald Trump have once again become one of the defining issues in American politics. While supporters argue…
COMMENTARY: Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026/2027 Budget: Balancing Economic Transformation with Social Responsibility
By: Paul Sarran October 16, 2026 Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026/2027 National Budget, presented in Parliament on October 12, 2026, by Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo under Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, outlines…
COMMENTARY: Beyond the Numbers: Why I Edited Shades of Excellence and Why the Stories of Scholars of Color Matter
By: Dr. Christiana Best-Giacomini October 13, 2026 Black people and other people of color have been part of American higher education for centuries. They have taught, researched, mentored, challenged established…
COMMENTARY: At 41st ECLAC Session, CARICOM Secretary-General identifies regional integration priorities in current global environment
By: Dr Carla Barnett October 13, 2026 Traditionally, regional integration has been viewed primarily as a vehicle for market enlargement, trade liberalisation, and functional cooperation among a grouping of States.…
COMMENTARY: A Nation You Can Hear: Music, memory, and the public life of Guyana
By: Charles E. A. Lincoln IV October 9, 2026 What does a country sound like when its people are not all in the same place? For Guyana, that is not…
COMMENTARY: Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade
By: Sir Ronald Sanders October 9, 2026 Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted…
COMMENTARY: When Kamla’s ‘Dumbest PNM’ Remark Opens a Bigger Political Conversation
October 6, 2026 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s declaration that “This has to be the dumbest version of the PNM ever” may have been delivered in the heat of political picong,…
COMMENTARY: Remarks | Dr. Carla Barnett | Secretary-General | CARICOM | Opening Ceremony | Caribbean High-Level Symposium on Aviation Safety | 1 October 2026
By: Dr Carla Barnett October 2, 2026 Good morning to all of you. I am pleased to be here to welcome you to this Caribbean High-Level Symposium on Aviation Safety, a…
COMMENTARY: Oppressiveisms™: A Reflective View of Global Inequalities and Inequities
By: Rae Sampson-McMillan, LCSW-R, SIFI September 29, 2026 Oppressiveisms™ and the Architecture of Inequality Oppressiveisms™ takes a clear stance on inequality: it is not accidental, it is not natural, and…
COMMENTARY: Statement by Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, at the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
By: Mia Mottley September 29, 2026 We meet at a time when the obstacles confronting human progress are multiplying. Obstacles to peace, obstacles to food and clean water, obstacles to…
COMMENTARY: A Senate Vote That Demands Attention – Trinidad & Tobago
By: Paul Sarran September 29, 2026 I had been contemplating visiting the public gallery at the Parliament on Wednesday to listen to the Senate debate on the Special Operations Bill,…