Discrimination
-
Officer ‘mistook handgun for taser’ in fatal US shooting of black man Daunte Wright
The policewoman who fatally shot a 20-year-old black man in a Minneapolis suburb accidentally confused her handgun with her taser,…
Read More » -
Myth of meritocracy casts Australia in a new light
New York Times journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s assessment of US culture is a devastating critique of the land of the free. Tim…
Read More » -
‘Not about sending teenagers to jail’: Chanel Contos pushes for new sex crimes reporting
University student Chanel Contos is pushing for a program that would allow sexual assault complaints to be made to police…
Read More » -
Boris Johnson’s most senior black adviser quits as race report provokes backlash
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior black adviser has quit, Downing Street said Thursday, a day after a government-commissioned report…
Read More » -
Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?
The royal commission report presented 339 recommendations to ensure the safety of First Nations people in custody. Robyn Newitt The…
Read More » -
How to raise girls who are confident, resilient and trust their instincts
While she knows many of the challenges they’ll face are out of her control, she is determined to give them…
Read More » -
‘Go back to your s—hole country’: the high cost of standing out, speaking up
I have watched this movement with anger that it took this long for women to be heard; with pride that…
Read More » -
Black residents to get reparations in Evanston, Illinois
The city council in Evanston, Illinois, voted 8-1 to distribute $25,000 (£18,000) each to 16 eligible black households to use…
Read More » -
Freedom From Racial Discrimination is a Right, Not a Privilege
Geneva – In marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the United Nations Network on Migration calls on…
Read More » -
‘We don’t deserve this suffering’: Uighur parents say their children have been sent to state-run orphan camps
China is forcibly separating exiled Uighur parents from their children and placing them in state-run “orphan camps” or boarding schools,…
Read More » -
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield gives powerful speech at U.N.: “I know the ugly face of racism”
“I am a descendant of slaves. My great grandmother Mary Thomas, born in 1865, was the child of a slave.…
Read More » -
‘A specific kind of racism’: Atlanta shootings fuel fears over anti-sex-work ideology
On Tuesday night, a 21-year-old man named Robert Aaron Long allegedly went on a deadly rampage at three Atlanta spas,…
Read More » -
Why can’t Britain handle the truth about Winston Churchill?
Αbaleful silence attends one of the most talked-about figures in British history. You may enthuse endlessly about Winston Churchill “single-handedly”…
Read More » -
Australia on the brink of deciding what it can become
These are traditional hymns – the kinds of spiritual and psychological memories that are often the only things a refugee…
Read More » -
How men can be allies to women right now
All men, including those who are not perpetrating violence or abuse, have a responsibility to play a part in helping…
Read More » -
Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27 million to settle family lawsuit over George Floyd’s death
The family of George Floyd, the Black man who died while being arrested by a white police officer in Minneapolis,…
Read More »