Black Lives Matter
The great American road trip, from a Black perspective
A Parallel Road — Photographer Amani Willett discusses his new book exploring the Black experience of driving in America over the past 85 years, and how these adventures in self-discovery have long been underpinned by fear and violence.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Caleb Femi and Athian Akec in conversation
Voices of a generation — The 17-year-old activist and politician Athian Akec speaks to Caleb Femi about his book, 'Poor' – a collection of poems exploring the strife and joys of young Black boys in 21st century Peckham.
Written by: Athian Akec
A visual diary of Black artists coming of age in the '90s
Living to create — After acquiring a Polaroid camera, photographer Lyle Ashton Harris began capturing a transformative period of his life as a young artist studying at Cal Arts.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The bird watchers adjusting the optics of rural England
The Outsiders Project — COVID-19 has shone a light on many hidden corners of culture. For a group of young Black and brown people, the Surrey Hills have become a new bird watching frontier.
Written by: Demi Perera
The forgotten Black radicals
Untold Black History — For Black History Month, writer Joshua Virasami unearths the legacy of two revolutionary figures, Elma Francois and Amilcar Cabral, whose names, along with most of Black Marxist history, are too often cast aside.
Written by: Joshua Virasami
The bike crew riding from NY to DC for Black lives
Revolution on wheels — Earlier this year, one of the most diverse bike tours America has ever seen made a treacherous, 300-mile journey to join Black Lives Matter protestors in DC. Writer James Yeh spoke to the group about cycling for social change.
Written by: James Yeh
We must abolish the police to create a more equal society
Enough is enough — A new book entitled Abolishing the Police (An Illustrated Introduction) asks what dismantling the police would actually look like. Below, its editor Koshka Duff and contributor Connor Woodman interrogate our current institution's role in upholding a profoundly unequal and crisis-ridden social order.
Written by: Koshka Duff and Connor Woodman
The Black ballet dancers taking on industry racism
Beyond The Screen in Lockdown — From raves for the deaf to Black ballet dancers and ‘outcast’ amateur wrestlers, now more than ever, communities are coming together online to keep their real-life connections alive.
Written by: Huck
#BollywoodSoWhite: fighting anti-Blackness in South Asia
Battle over Beyoncé — After uproar towards a Bollywood song with a racist lyric about Beyoncé, South Asian youth are confronting deeply entrenched colourist beliefs and the ingrained sense of anti-Blackness in society.
Written by: Jeevan Ravindran
The photographer spotlighting Iran's forgotten minorities
Afro-Iranian — Many Iranians are unaware of the existence of Black Iranians, or of the chequered history behind the community's presence in the country. But a new photography project from Mahdi Ehsaei is looking to change that.
Written by: Niloufar Haidari
