Service launched in response to Azeem Rafiq’s allegationsAlex Hales keeps Sydney Thunder contract after talksA whistleblowing hotline launched by Yorkshire to allow people to safely report discrimination has been contacted by 36 individuals in its firs…
French presidential hopeful Éric Zemmour begins race hate trial
Far-right TV pundit on trial for calling unaccompanied child migrants ‘thieves, killers and rapists’Éric Zemmour, the far-right TV pundit who is preparing to run for French president claiming that Islam and immigration are destroying France, has gone o…
Sickle cell disease inquiry finds ‘serious care failings’ in NHS
Report by cross-party MPs also finds evidence of attitudes underpinned by racismA groundbreaking inquiry into sickle cell disease has found “serious care failings” in acute services and evidence of attitudes underpinned by racism.The report by the all-…
Black music artists should call out racism within our industry. They’ve got the power | Michelle Kambasha
The onus is on white people to change things for those of us working behind the scenes, but Black creators also hold swayIn the eight years I’ve worked in the music industry, career highs have been offset by instances of racism. I’ve often been confuse…
Youth homelessness has risen 40% in five years, says UK charity
Centrepoint estimates 121,000 homeless or at risk, with analysis showing black people disproportionally affectedYouth homeless in the UK has increased by an estimated two-fifths in five years, rising to more than 120,000, a leading charity director has…
Blood donation rules changed to attract more donors with rare subgroups
‘Discriminatory’ questions on sexual activity in sub-Saharan Africa to be removed for donations in EnglandMinisters will remove questions on sexual activity in sub-Saharan Africa for blood donations to encourage more donors in England after a long camp…
Sadiq Khan’s 24/7 security challenges our notions of non-racist London | Nick Cohen
London’s mayor needs heavy security to guard against extremists but who protects him from the new rightwing politics?Today, as every day, police protection will be at its highest around the Queen and the prime minister and around a politician who in no…
Tory MP says people using term ‘white privilege’ should be reported as extremists
Jonathan Gullis also urges ‘sacking’ of teachers who criticise Conservative party in classroomA Conservative MP has said anyone using the term “white privilege” should be reported to the government’s counter-terror programme, and that teachers who crit…
‘Its power is far-reaching’: what Black History Month means to Black Britons
Three people talk about what impact the annual event has had on their lives and whether it is still neededAyo Awoyungbo had always been a big supporter of Black History Month (BHM), believing in the push to highlight people whose achievements are not u…
‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out
Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, joined a growing list of Silicon Valley former employees to call out company policiesWhen Frances Haugen revealed she was the Facebook whistleblower who supplied internal documents to Congress and the Wall St…