Toronto Star
Royson James
Last published Feb. 2022 · On our record since 2007
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Remembering John Honderich ‘for his humanity’Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2022
- Opinion | Remembering John Honderich ‘for his humanity’Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2022
- Remembering John Honderich ‘for his humanity’Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2022
- Opinion | ‘He was one of a kind’: Mel Lastman took on Toronto elites with his brash style — and wonOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 12, 2021
- Opinion | The divisive activism of Desmond Cole: How a campaign against a Black judge shattered Toronto’s Black communityOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 6, 2021
- Opinion | How a Black Ontario judge survived persecution — at great cost to himself, and his communityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2021
- Royson James: The Derek Chauvin verdict is not the end of anything. Rather, it forces us to wonder if it can be a beginningOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2021
- Opinion | The Derek Chauvin verdict is not the end of anything. Rather, it forces us to wonder if it can be a beginningOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2021
- Opinion | Vaccine hesitancy in the Black community is deeply rooted in a history of racism. Overcoming that lack of trust will be a tough taskOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 5, 2021
- Opinion | Want to start fixing crime in Toronto? Get over your fear of the words ‘Defund the police!’Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 19, 2020
- Opinion | Remembering Denise Jones, a ‘force of nature’ and irrepressible promoter of Caribbean cultureOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 12, 2020
- Opinion | Donald Trump may be despicable, but we will still have to learn to live with his supportersOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2020
- Royson James: ‘There’s so much to life after a tragedy’: At 14, Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in a gymnastics accident. Now her tea company is one of Oprah’s favourite thingsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 14, 2020
- ‘There’s so much to life after a tragedy’: At 14, Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in a gymnastics accident. Now she’s one of Oprah’s favourite thingsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 14, 2020
- ‘There’s so much to life after a tragedy’: At 14, Taylor Lindsay-Noel was paralyzed in a gymnastics accident. Now her tea company is one of Oprah’s favourite thingsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 14, 2020
- Donald Trump is gone. After a shockingly divisive four years, it’s now up to Joe Biden to heal an ailing AmericaOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 4, 2020
- Tying a noose isn’t just a symbol of hatred — it’s an act of terrorOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 1, 2020
- Royson James: Tying a noose isn’t just a symbol of hatred — it’s an act of terrorOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 1, 2020
- Mosque attacks, nooses, yearbook slurs — have we learned nothing from Black Lives Matter protests?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 24, 2020
- Even in this jacked-up year of COVID-19 lockdowns and wipeouts, there are still blessings to be thankful forOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 10, 2020
- LRT boondoggle on Eglinton West shows fiscal conservatives are happy to bury $1.8 billionOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 24, 2020
- ‘We still have to shame them into doing the right thing’: Vaughan is taking steps, but is it doing enough to fight racism?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 22, 2020
- About-face on Jane-Finch community hub shows the real power of the peopleOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 8, 2020
- Disrespected, disenfranchised, diminished and dehumanized, Black people will one day run out of patience. And then we will run out of time.Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2020
- Royson James: Disrespected, disenfranchised, diminished and dehumanized, Black people will one day run out of patience. And then we will run out of time.Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2020
- Be careful who gets the honour of a memorialOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 20, 2020
- Be careful who gets the honour of a memorialOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 20, 2020
- ‘It breaks my heart to think of children not having hope’: Readers look to turn outrage into action over Jane and Finch double-crossOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 8, 2020
- Royson James: Jane and Finch dared to dream. Now Metrolinx dares to double-crossOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 30, 2020
- Jane and Finch dared to dream. Now Metrolinx dares to double-crossOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 30, 2020
- Change at the Peel school board took dogged determination. So will tossing out the dead-beat trusteesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2020
- ‘The law does not protect me’: The dangerous lessons the Dafonte Miller decision teaches usOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 30, 2020
- Parents have pleaded, protested and marched for changes to be made to the Peel school board. It’s long past time to root out the racistsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2020
- ‘Now we see how they treat Black people’: Lonely death of a PSW from COVID-19 sparks tears, outrageOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 16, 2020
- ‘Nothing hurts greater than the sense that Black lives do not matter’: The heartbreaking lesson a father teaches a son about being BlackOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 12, 2020
- Hiring Mark Saunders as police chief was a missed opportunity. His quitting is a rare second chance for Toronto to get it rightOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 10, 2020
- Royson James: Hiring Mark Saunders as police chief was a missed opportunity. His quitting is a rare second chance for Toronto to get it rightOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 10, 2020
- ‘I’m a privileged Black guy ... and I can’t breathe’: A younger generation searches for hope amid the George Floyd protestsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2020
- The only Black medical student in a U of T class of 259, Chika Oriuwa graduates as valedictorianOpinion · Toronto Star · May 27, 2020
- U of T researchers to track the demographics of the COVID-19 pandemicOpinion · Toronto Star · May 9, 2020
- ‘There’s no relief’: With Biddersingh’s murder appeal rejected, a mother still frets about her lost childrenOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 25, 2020
- Health-care workers, transit drivers and repair techs share their nerve-wracking stories from the COVID-19 front linesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 17, 2020
- My daughter is pregnant in New York where ‘people are dropping like flies.’ Please pray for her . . .Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 10, 2020
- COVID-19 shows what a frail thing our freedoms can beOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2020
- Royson James: Peel School Board report leaves readers devastated. Now it’s up to the education minister to fixOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 21, 2020
- Peel School Board report leaves readers devastated. Now it’s up to the education minister to fixOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 21, 2020
- Coronavirus news this week showed sometimes there is cause for concernOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 13, 2020
- After 400 years of racism, Black Mental Health Day is way overdueOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 27, 2020
- After 400 years of racism, Black Mental Health Day is way overdueOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 27, 2020
- If transit riders seem unforgiving, it’s because they have been antagonized for years | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 21, 2020
- For Jim Karygiannis, it’s just business as usual | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 13, 2020
- For Jim Karygiannis, it’s just business as usual | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 13, 2020
- Black Canadians reflect a world of diversity | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2020
- There is so much to learn in Black History Month | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2020
- There is so much to learn in Black History Month | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2020
- ‘What he means to the psyche of the African diaspora — we can’t measure it’: Obama rejuvenates, captivates Toronto fans | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 23, 2020
- Royson James: Marilyn Lastman touched the hearts of those who mattered mostOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 16, 2020
- Marilyn Lastman touched the hearts of those who mattered most | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 16, 2020
- Opinion | Opportunities have been lost by limiting property tax hikesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2020
- Opportunities have been lost by limiting property tax hikes | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2020