From the Frontlines: Caribbean Americans Fighting COVID-19
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has quickly changed the world as we know it, throwing our comfortable routines out the window. It tore us apart while bringing us...
Verandah Talk – with Xavier Murphy of Jamaicans.com and Ian Hamilton of SFLCN.com
Bosses from the popular websites Jamaicans.com and South Florida Caribbean News Verandah Talk about their roles as the voices of the Caribbean community. Island Origins...
Florida African American Studies Courses Rejected (This is Just Wrong)
Earlier this month, Florida’s Department of Education blocked a proposed Advance Placement (AP) course, developed by The College Board, focused on African American studies. The...
The Gentrification of Ganja
Writer Ghenete Wright Muir and Sonia Morgan
Can Jamaica Cash in on Cannabis?
It’s like walking into a café and ordering a specialty coffee drink, or a bagel with...
Afro Latina Represents Caribbean Culture in Theater
As an undergraduate student at Northern Kentucky University, Gabriela Castillo had never considered a career in acting. That all changed when a college friend asked...
Why Some Caribbean Americans Have Frightening Vaccine Hesitancy
After a year of dealing with a deadly pandemic which has disproportionately affected Black people, you would think we’d embrace something that promises to...
3 Haitian Owned Businesses That Leveled Up Despite COVID
The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer reignited the long simmering Black Lives Matter movement and invigorated broader campaigns for Black...
Protect Yourself and Others— Get Vaccinated
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., historian, filmmaker, and intellectual, has recently released an important public service announcement encouraging people in our Black communities to get vaccinated to protect...
Caribbean Charity Calls for Support and Donations for COVID-19 mission
As COVID-19 continues to devastate the Caribbean's health systems and economy, supporting the charities serving the region proves more important than ever. Taking advantage of decades of...
Three Questions – Entanglements and more
Xavier Murphy (Jamaicans.com), Ian Hamilton (SFLCN.com), Eddy Edwards (Jerk Festival) and Lloyd Stanbury (Majesty Media) give spur of the moment answers to popular questions, like…...
