In light of Trayvon’s Martin’s tragic death, a Canadian living in the U.S. reflects on the criminalization of Black men. “Some Canadians (including some Black folks) tend to believe that racial profiling is a U.S. phenomenon even when the evidence suggests otherwise.”

For many of us, growing our own food has become a foreign concept because we simply stopped having to do it for ourselves. Abena Green discusses the growth of urban agriculture.

I have been following this story very closely from the beginning when it was just making local headlines in Florida, not because it is about (yet another) inexplicable killing of a young, black man, but because Central Florida used to be my home, and Trayvon could have easily been my son.

The killing of Trayvon Martin may have happened in Florida, but this tragedy is one that hits too close to home. The Black Daddies Club has something to say about the unspoken “rules of engagement”

That’s What She Said: Sway’s online recap of this week’s current events by Darling Nicky.

The Kony 2012 movement went to a whole new viral level this past weekend when Invisible Children co-founder Jason Russell, the man behind the movement to Stop Kony, was hospitalized after a naked public tirade. Abena A. Green discusses the scary power of social media. Photo, left: Ugandan LRA leader Joseph Kony

Sway Magazine’s online recap of current events. This week: Casino jobs disappear, Jann Arden out in the middle of nowhere, and more.

The Oprah Winfrey Lifeclass Tour is coming to Toronto April 16th. Tickets sold out in 24 hours so a second show has been added. Sway’s Angela Walcott asked readers about your thoughts on the tour, and more

Sway Magazine’s online recap of current events. This week: Verdict in bullying-suicide tragedy. Study connects weed smoking with bullying behaviour

In this week’s Diaspora Diaries, writer Abena A. Green muses about what she’s learned about herself (and parenting) via The List