Commentary
January 5, 2026
Editorial | No one is safe
After months of escalating pressure on his government, few people could claim to be genuinely shocked by America’s bombing of Venezuela and the seizure of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. What…
January 5, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Moral revolution
In the 2025 Reith lectures on the BBC, historian Rutger Bregman records the moral revolutions and creations of worthwhile institutions brought about by the persistence, wisdom, and sacrifice of small…
January 5, 2026
Ruthlyn James | Why special-education system must evolve beyond exceptionality
Jamaica has invested decades in building formal pathways for training teachers to support children with special-educational needs. These pathways matter. They have produced committed educators,…
January 5, 2026
Terran Fielder | Seven powerful plant proteins that pack a punch
When it comes to protein, most people think they need to reach for the steak or the chicken. The tasty truth bomb is plants can satiate your protein cravings, and more. Raising animals for food is…
January 5, 2026
Robert Muggah | Five scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela
The predawn United States military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and into US custody marks a watershed in hemispheric politics. In an operation that lasted just…
January 5, 2026
Daren Johnson | How decisive government action brought care to over 500 women in four weeks
When Hurricane Melissa disrupted communities across Jamaica, the Government moved quickly to protect some of its most vulnerable citizens: pregnant and postpartum mothers. Under the leadership of…
January 4, 2026
Editorial | Transparent judicial appointments
The current controversy in Nigeria over why more than half of the 62 applicants for seats on the federal bench failed to advance, is a reminder of long-standing calls for reforms to the system for…
January 4, 2026
Patrick Robinson | Analysing common law adversarial and civil law inquisitorial legal systems
Recently, the Court of Appeal overturned a murder conviction on the ground that the Presiding Judge, the chief justice, descended, quite extensively, into the arena to elicit evidence that ought to…
January 4, 2026
Orville Taylor | Record low killings
On December 27, 2025, homicide numbers were reported. Lowest numbers since 1994. Only other time in the 2000s where we breached the 1,000 threshold was 2004, with 975, and we came close in 2014, with…