By Erin Telesford
“Wealth is where past injustices breed present suffering,” says author Mehrsa Baradaran, in the Netflix Explained series. The racial wealth gap is “a measure of the white family and the African American family that is right smack-dab in the middle, the median. The median white household’s wealth – their savings plus assets minus their debts […]
By Richard Johnson (Observer senior reporter) He has been dead for nearly four decades, but the music of reggae icon Bob Marley shows no sign of dying. The musical legacy of the man born Robert Nesta Marley of modest means in Nine Miles, St Ann continues to be a force on global music charts. Marley, who […]
Stewart welcomes PM Mottley's decision to level concessions playing field
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (right) and her Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds (centre) listen as Sandals Resorts International Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart (left) gives an update on the Beaches Resort to be built on the old Almond Bay property at Heywoods, St Peter, Barbados. (jamaicaobserver.com) Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s […]
Dr Peter Phillips BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Opposition Leader and People’s National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday told the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) 80th annual conference that the vision and reality of Caribbean progress are under threat from anti-migration policies in the global economic centres. The Opposition Leader said the region must take serious […]