Badenoch delivers sad speech attacking public sector equality duty

Kemi Badenoch has announced her intention to “repeal the public sector equality duty in its entirety”. The PSED, or simply “the duty”, requires public sector leaders to abide by equality considerations set out in the 2010 Equality Act. Principally, this means working to prevent discrimination against people with protected characteristics (race, sex, disability etc), and […]

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Vera Lúcia Goulart da Rosa deixa legado na militância negra e sindical do RS

Referência da militância negra e sindical no Rio Grande do Sul, Vera Lúcia Goulart da Rosa faleceu na manhã desta segunda-feira (8), aos 65 anos. Trabalhadora do Sindicato dos Servidores e Empregados Públicos Federais do RS (Sindiserf/RS) e integrante da coordenação estadual do Movimento Negro Unificado no Rio Grande do Sul (MNU/RS), Verinha, como era […]

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UAE wants a loyalty pledge amid deportation spree of Shia Muslims

The US and Israel-allied state, the UAE, has launched an initiative calling citizens and residents to digitally “reaffirm their dedication to the nation’s core values of unity, coexistence, and tolerance,” as it has also deported 5,000 to 18,000 Shia Pakistanis recently since the US-Israel war on Iran began in February. The two actions by the Gulf state […]

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James Meredith’s March Against Fear Turns 60 as New Voting Rights Battles Loom in Mississippi

Sixty years ago, James Meredith began walking alone from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis as he began his March Against Fear. He was heading toward the Mississippi Delta to counter the swelling racism that had followed the passage of major rights legislation and to galvanize Black voter registration.

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Lammy says Sikhs’ blade ‘privilege can be taken away’ after Henry Nowak death

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Justice Secretary David Lammy has said Sikhs are granted a ‘privilege’ to carry a blade as part of their faith – but this can be ‘taken away’ if necessary for public safety.

Many Amritdhari Sikhs carry a knife called a kirpan, one of a group…

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Where was the Far Right then Eh?

In April 2026, John Ashby was sentenced to life after being convicted of raping a young Sikh woman, thinking she was a Muslim. Reaction from the right-wing agitators? Nothing. Wayne Couzens, an off-duty MET officer, stops Sarah Everard, handcuffs and kidnaps her, rapes her, and then murders her and burns her body. Sentenced to whole […]

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Editor’s Note | Even Jim Crow Is ‘Colorblind’ Now Under This Supreme Court. I Am Not.

News Editor Ashton Pittman argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act “relies on feigned colorblindness to racist systems,” enabling even Jim Crow-style policies to flourish.

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Man Allegedly Attacked Dog Walker With a Skateboard in NYC—Viewers Debate What Happened Before the Video

The internet thinks the alleged attack was not racially motivated.

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Backlash After Comedian Posts Racist ‘Aboriginal Aunty’ Skit To Make Fun Of Trans Women

Australian comedian Lisa Jane Spencer has doubled down on a controversial video using racist Aboriginal stereotypes in order to make fun of transgender identity, reuploading the skit days after it ...

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Ted Danson Apologizes For Blackface At Whoopi Goldberg’s 1993 Roast: “Arrogant And Stupid”

After more than 30 years, Ted Danson has had much time to reflect on his controversial moment at Whoopi Goldberg’s 1993 roast. The 3x Emmy winner recently emphasized that he is “forever apologetic” for doing blackface in his appearance at New York’s Friars Club, explaining he “thought I was being edgy” in making a satirical […]

Shadow equalities minister wants any explanation other than racism for Black maternal deaths

Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho has suggested that we need to be “clear-eyed” when considering the issue of Black maternal deaths. Apparently, ‘the left’ (and also, you know, the NHS) are too quick to blame racism for the fact that Black people are three times more likely to die during childbirth. We’re having this whole […]

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Loud racism narrowly defeats quiet racism in B.C. Conservative leadership race

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. – Overt racist speech has narrowly won out over the more traditional dogwhistle racist messaging this past Sunday, with “Loud Racism” officially becoming the new leader of the B.C. Conservative Party. Voting in the leadership election took four rounds, with ‘No Racism’ landing solidly in last place, followed by ‘Moderate Racism’ and […]

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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count

The Supreme Court’s conservatives have spent years systematically dismantling the Voting Rights Act, but the last seven months have been something else — a rapid-fire series of emergency docket rulings, procedural maneuvers, and carefully worded opinions that, taken together, make it effectively impossible to challenge racial gerrymandering. Not difficult. Impossible. And Justice Alito, in…

Consortium representing child refugees speaks out against Labour’s AI plans

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) has spoken out against government plans to access asylum seekers’ age using AI. On Friday 29 May, the Home Office announced plans to use AI in cases when an asylum seekers’ age is in dispute. However, the RMCC warned that the scheme could lead to yet more wrongful […]

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Cross Burning, Federal Charges, and the State That Still Won’t Call It a Hate Crime

Monica Williams’ phone notifications wouldn’t stop dinging while in class. During her free moment from teaching, she checked her text messages. She learned that her former neighbor, Worden E. Butler had been indicted in April. Williams and her husband, Shawn, have accused Butler, who is white, of burning a cross in his backyard. “You are […]

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New at Religion Dispatches: Another Mass Shooting. More Dead Muslims. This is America.

The night before the 101st birthday of Malcolm X, the night before the 105th birthday of Yuri Kochiyama, as I go to a reading group at the Jewish Cultural Center of Harlem to discuss the song “Strange Fruit,” I get the news. Another mass shooting. More dead Muslims. Portrait Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New by libraryofcongress...

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