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Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, says news would be ‘profoundly depressing’In a report last week the Institute for Fiscal Studies said the current parliament was likely to mark “a decisive and permanent shift to a higher-tax economy”.I…
Members of the African-Caribbean community will be given freedom of the borough status for their ‘exceptional contribution’ to the areaMembers of the Windrush generation and the African-Caribbean community in East Staffordshire are going to be given th…
Exclusive: former staff member at equality watchdog says she was vilified, silenced and punished for speaking up on raceA former staff member at the Equality and Human Rights Commission is suing the watchdog, alleging race discrimination and unfair dis…
Maga darling Joseph C Roberts arrested after Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner’s remains found on San Francisco Bay shorelineA former San Francisco Republican official who claimed to be a victim of the #MeToo movement has been accused of dismembering his …
Hundreds of events lined up for October, with focus on role black women have played in shaping British historyBlack History Month launches with hundreds of events planned across the UK in October, with celebrations focusing on the contributions of blac…
Rights groups hope to bring end to discrimination they say has gone unaddressed by successive governmentsFrance must end the widespread racial profiling of people of black and north African heritage who are routinely stopped by police and asked to show…
Exonerated of allegations of evidence suppression in case of firefighter Tasered by police, Jennifer Izekor criticises ‘siege mentality’ in British policingA black former commissioner of the police watchdog, exonerated of misconduct, has accused the Me…
Campaigners say findings are a wake-up call and highlight ‘chronic level of racial disparities’ in UKJust under half of black Britons are “definitely proud” or “somewhat proud” to be British, according to the largest survey of its kind to date.The land…
DoJ says Washington Trust engaged in redlining, the racist policy of banks blocking people of color from getting mortgagesWashington Trust, the oldest community bank in the US, has agreed to pay $9m to resolve allegations that it engaged in lending dis…
Women make up 51% of the population, and Afro-Brazilians 56%, but no Black woman has ever sat on the highest courtA young Black Brazilian girl dreams of being a pop star, a writer or a world champion in gymnastics, dressing up like the Afro-Brazilian w…