Discrimination
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 things I’ve learned curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College
Few archives of historical papers compare with the importance of the Morehouse King Collection. Vicki Crawford The Conversation Aside from…
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The late poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, becomes first African American woman to appear on a US quarter dollar coin
As an author and civil rights activist, Angelou is the first in a group of women who will appear on…
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” Aram Goudsouzian The Conversation “He has carved for himself an imperishable niche…
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As Omicron moves in, Australia is facing a predictable tragedy in aged care
For many, it’s the second year in a row in which they have spent the Christmas and New Year period…
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Multiracism: why we need to pay attention to the world’s many racisms
The word “racism” has been taken up by Yazidis in Syria, Uyghurs in China, and Papuans in Indonesia and used…
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Obituary: South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, was one of South Africa’s most important Nobel Laureates and a tireless…
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Meseret’s miracle
Soon after, sister Meseret fled the country in fear for her life. Patrick Martin ABC News But the safe haven…
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“One Country, One Law”: The Sri Lankan State’s Hostility toward Muslims Grows Deeper
Critics have called the move “incomprehensible”, but it is readily understood as a way to divert discontent among the government’s…
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Cyprus: Turkish Occupation and Unpunished Crimes Against Women and Children
On December 16 and 17, Democracy Today, an NGO that focuses on human rights issues, organized its annual international conference in…
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How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth
Management had locked the doors. Authors The Conversation In the following years, women workers mobilised… How we can …
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Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people
There are estimates. In 2019, 8,162 Indigenous youth and 2,285 Indigenous adults were reported missing to the National Crime Information Center, or…
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Paul Bongiorno: We don’t need a bill allowing churches to discriminate
Today she will take her twice-revised religious discrimination bill to the government party room for approval. Paul Bongiorno The New…
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New move by Australian sporting codes to combat spectator racism
Major Australian sporting codes have endorsed guidelines released by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to curb issues of spectator…
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The fight for Sarah Baartman
It took a president’s lobbying and the fight of her people to finally lay her to rest. Anna Kelsey –…
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The death of F.W. de Klerk, Apartheid in Cyprus and the ‘UDI’ of 15 November 1983
Lobby for Cyprus marks the passing of F.W. de Klerk, the renowned South African lawyer, politician and Nobel peace laureate…
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We choose our history to suit who we are, but ‘the great Australian’ silence is slowly being broken
Its eyes are forever turned backwards to a time of catastrophe which defines everything that comes after. Stan Grant ABC…
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