What Version of Democracy Will Prevail?
A mix of parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems defines the world’s democracies today. Growing concerns over democratic decline raise questions about which models adapt best.
How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think
From hands to feet, voice to vision, our digital tools extend, transform, and sometimes erase the human body.
Polack Post: Caribbean Diversification – Now Or Never
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The shining example in the Caribbean of a country with a diversified economy is Jamaica with tourism, bauxite, remittances, manufacturing and agriculture. This has come about not by the efforts of any single government or…
No Empty Chairs: The Case for Attending the 2025 Summit of the Americas
By Sir Ronald Sanders Sir Ronald Sanders The Dominican Republic (DR) is hosting the 2025 Summit of the Americas – a gathering of the Heads of State and Government of 32 countries of the Western Hemisphere. On September 30, the…
Our Schools Submission: Jeff Bryant: Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?
A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”
Polack Post: Caribbean Justice -Delayed And Denied
Peter Polack The wires have been singing lately about the appointments of well regarded Caribbean jurists to international bodies who, like Bob Marley, often see minimal regard at home for their solid intellectual talents. Sometimes connections or provenance brings some…
Martina Moneke_Wake Up, America: Democracy Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes
America’s democracy is under threat from a velvet-glove authoritarianism. Citizens must act now—beyond the ballot box—to defend freedom and accountability.
Polack Post: Caribbean Big Landowners – The Great Pestilence
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The Caribbean has usually been conjoined in the media with beaches, reggae and rum but there is a darker side, not reparation for slavery, but the iniquity dub plate of big landowners. The historical association…
Polack Post: Caribbean U.K.Territories – Smoke and Mirrors
By Peter Polack Peter Polack he U.K. Minister for Overseas Territories recently visited the Cayman Island to much local kowtowing as he pronounced the mother country’s concern for crime, migrants and that reliable old chestnut, illicit financing. There was no…
The Multi-Million-Year Path to Becoming Human—Are We Actually There Yet
A conversation with the legendary evolutionary thinker and archaeologist, Eudald Carbonell.
