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People hold posters as they take part in a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, at the Emancipation park in Kingston, Jamaica, June 6, 2020.

Amid global protests, Jamaicans confront their own problems with policing 

Violence

Jamaica shares the US’ history of colonialism and slavery, and now has one of the highest rates of fatal police shootings. Activists there are thinking about what the global moment of police accountability could mean for their country. 

A Black man in a suit stands by a Range Rover holding a book

Caribbean community mourns Gil Bailey, ‘Godfather of Reggae Radio’

Community
Woman with short hair wearing a black and white top raises her right arm while reading in front of a microphone.

A formerly anti-gay reggae star returns to Jamaica. This lesbian poet calls it ‘complicated.’

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

UK Soul Invasion

Arts, Culture & Media

V.V. Brown’s Travelling Like the Light

Arts, Culture & Media
Woman seated in club with people walking around her

What to say when you’re Asian American and someone calls you ‘exotic’

Culture

Paula Williams Madison wasn’t on a panel, but she brought a different take on race to the audience at Asian American ComicCon.

Many of the employees at the Home Port restaurant on Martha's Vineyard are from Jamaica. But this year, the owner couldn't get the visas she needed. So she's short on staff. "We're closing two days a week for dinner. I've never had to do that before."

For businesses that boom in the summer, Trump’s H-2B visa expansion is too little too late

Jobs

Summer is high season in places like Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. But this year, many businesses there haven’t been able to get the H-2B visas they need for their international workers.

US President Barack Obama gets a tour of the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica.

One Love: Obama, in Jamaica, pays respects to reggae superstar Bob Marley

Music

President Obama is the first president since Reagan to visit Jamaica. And one of the first stops he made was to pay respects to a Reggae legend.

The World

Here’s a guitarist who just needs one string to jam

Arts, Culture & Media

Jamaican artist Brushy One-String performs on a guitar with, yes, just one string. And it’s awesome. If you don’t believe us, check out the video.

How to make jerk that even your Jamaican neighbors will love

Lifestyle & Belief

Serial food entrepreneur Michael Jacober recently fell in love with that mainstay of Caribbean cooking: that blend of Jamaican spices called jerk. But he wanted to do it right. So, he went and learned from the masters of jerk in Jamaica. Then, he came back and opened a restaurant in Brooklyn called Glady’s. He tells us his story.Serial food entrepreneur Michael Jacober recently fell in love with that mainstay of Caribbean cooking: that blend of Jamaican spices called jerk. But he wanted to do it right. So, he went and learned from the masters of jerk in Jamaica. Then, he came back and opened a restaurant in Brooklyn called Glady’s. He tells us his story.