Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Jesse Weaver Shipley In much of the global south there are increasing income gaps between a small middle class and a growing mass of poor who cannot earn a living wage. Foreign investments in Africa and Latin America often focus on major infrastructure development projects that promise trickle-down development. But what is this money […]
Chris Matthews in Accra Soaring prices for electricity, water and fuel have triggered protests amid concern that politicians are mishandling Ghana’s economic downturn Dressed in the red and black clothing traditionally worn at funerals, waving anti-austerity placards and accompanied by drums and bellowing horns, thousands of Ghanaians descended on the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra […]
by Kwabena Opong Unexpected it was that even as Ghanaians were gloating over a manifold increase in petroleum prices they were informed that their country would play host to some unwelcome guests from Africa and Guantanamo Bay. The word Guantanamo, not so familiar in Ghanaian lexicon has suddenly become a household word. Two men, namely […]
By: Dr. Peter Ikre The month of January is unique in many ways. Aside from ushering a new year, it epitomizes the period when taxpayers reconcile their accounts with Uncle Sam via the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The 2016 tax season began in earnest a few weeks ago (01/19/2016 to be precise). In light of […]
Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad The early abolition movement in North America was fueled both by slaves’ efforts to liberate themselves and by groups of white settlers, such as the Quakers, who opposed slavery on religious or moral grounds. Though the lofty ideals of the Revolutionary era invigorated the movement, by the late 1780s it […]
by Kofi Ayim African Town, located four miles north of Mobile, was once known for its vessel building by the Meaher brothers. It also became an abode for the last known African slaves from Western Africa. The Meaher brothers partnered with a Captain Bill Foster in the lucrative slave trading business. Captain Foster gathered some […]
By Zaira Cortés Large-scale raids initiated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the beginning of the year created uncertainty and fear in New York and generated false reports of arrests in Hispanic neighborhoods. A month after the agency began its operations, none have been carried out in the Big Apple. However, a citizen […]
By: Karan Murugesu It’s not often the federal government makes a decision that nearly every-one is happy with, but that’s what happened with a regulation that was recently finalized by the U.S. Treasury Department. Changes to the reg- ulations under Internal Revenue Code section 401(a)(9) allow individuals the ability to defer the distribution of their […]
by Kwabena Opong As far as scandals go 2015 would go into Ghana’s history as one of the nation’s most scandalously unevent- ful years. Reports of corruption involving government officials have bedeviled the NDC administration since it assumed office in 2008. This year was capped with suspicions and scandals of moneys paid in connection with […]
by Kofi Ayim Sickle cell, the hitherto, deadly and diabolical health condition known to primarily affect people of Black an- cestry is no longer a death sentence disease. This affirmation was made by Dr. Nelson Aluya, Assistant Pro- fessor of Medicine and Pediatrics and a sickle cell management specialist at the New Jersey Medical School, […]