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A brief history of police brutality in the UK

Not just America — Over 20 years since the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the report’s findings remain true: the UK police are institutionally racist. Here, writer Micha Frazer-Carroll explains why the fight for justice is nowhere near over.

  • Opinion
  • Micha Frazer-Carroll

Londoners unite to protest the killing of George Floyd

‘The UK is not innocent’ — This week, thousands took to the city’s streets to march against racism and police brutality. Photographer Theo McInnes joined them.

  • Activism
  • Huck

How to be an effective ally in the fight against racism

Read, listen, learn — Now is not the time to switch off. Now is the time to listen, learn, and act to support black communities in the US and beyond. Here's how you can do that.

  • Activism
  • Huck

Zaina Arafat on queer love, desire, and Palestinian identity

2020’s breakout author — The author’s powerful debut novel, You Exist Too Much, follows the story of a bisexual Palestinian-American with a penchant for unattainable women.

  • Books
  • Kate Wyver

It’s time to confront the ‘Karen’ in all of us

Unpacking White Privilege — You may be identifying and calling out racism on social media, but that doesn’t make you absolved from its evils. There is still so much more work to do, writes Nathalie Olah.

  • Opinion
  • Nathalie Olah

Meet the new generation of African photographers

Reimagining a continent — From gender and sexuality, to myths and memories: a new generation of image-makers are presenting a complex, kaleidoscopic portrait of the continent.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Inside the world’s longest-running photo non-profit

This is Kamoinge — Founded in the ’60s, when black art was ignored by the establishment, Kamoinge’s influence has remained largely unrecognised – until now.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

In Europe, far-right extremism has become the new normal

The acceptable face of fascism — Writer Hasan Patel explores how the increase in far-right attacks has been fuelled and validated by an unfiltered online world and an unmoderated media.

  • Opinion
  • Hasan Patel

Look out: facial recognition has finally come to London

What you need to know — This week, the Metropolitan police began its first live deployment of the controversial technology in the capital. We headed to Stratford to see the rollout.

  • Reportage
  • Peter Yeung

How the fight for the planet became whitewashed

The Fightback: Climate — Shut down and cropped out: 17-year-old activist Athian Akec reflects on the systemic racism of the climate movement.

  • Activism
  • Athian Akec

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