Caribbean and Black Americans hesitate to take the COVID-19 vaccine

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...
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White Caribbean Woman on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement

Verandah Talk - with Sonya Sanchez Arias As a white Caribbean woman with a strong island accent in a mixed race marriage,...
Calibe Thompson Island Origins Magazine Spring 2018

The Value of Entertainment

Writer Calibe Thompson |Photography David I. Muir I let people know upfront, I’m allergic to boredom. I think that’s the same for most of us today, whether we...

The American Black Film Festival Presents Business of Entertainment Conversation Series in Partnership with...

Featuring NAACP Image Award-Nominated Actress Logan Browning (Dear White People, Hit the Floor) on Thursday, October 13, 2022 LOS ANGELES – October 3, 2022 – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF), in partnership...
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Get 2020 Election Ready with Miami-Dade SOE Christina White

Plan Yuh Vote - with Marlon Hill and Calibe Thompson. Guest Christina White, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, talks to us about what's going on...
Island Origins Magazine - Civil Rights in Cyberspace

From the Island of St. Vincent to the Head of Civil Rights at Facebook

The power of social media is undeniable. We saw it used as a political tool during the 2008 election, where Obama successfully catalyzed an audience...
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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...
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A Final Thought

Writer: Calibe Thompson | Photography: David I. Muir Due to time constraints and, I confess, a good bit of laziness on my part, I’ve been wearing my hair...
Caribbean Voter's Guide - New York, Florida, Texas, Georgia

Yes, My Caribbean Vote Counts! (And So Should Yours)

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone to disagree with the idea that the 2016 election truly was the most consequential election in our lifetimes. All us...
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Opinion: What Freedom Means in America

As an outside observer, not exactly new to American history, but certainly well educated about it,  it seems like the word Freedom means different things...

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