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The lasting community legacy of a legendary Californian boxing gym

Moretón — Since opening in the ’80s, the Coachella Valley Boxing Club has trained multiple world champions, while providing a vital hub for local youth. In his new photobook, Darren Vargas documents its tight-knit, Chicano-led community, while also weaving a deeply personal story.

  • Sport
  • Jack Dennison-Thompson
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Defiance and pride in Chicano Camera Culture

A Photographic History — A new major exhibition surveys Mexican American photography over six decades, platforming Chicano artists at a Chicano museum for the first time.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Ra’ed Khan and the tireless work of Road to Freedom

Hurriyah — Having been providing frontline aid and support to refugees for over a decade, a new book featuring poetry by Omar Mooro traces the story of the NGO. In this chapter extract, founder and music executive Ra’ed Khan explains its origins.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk

Glasgow’s Calabash is the restaurant the African diaspora call home

Home Cooking — Having been open in the heart of the city for 15 years, the Kenyan rooted eatery has become a community staple for migrants and Scottish-born locals alike.

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  • Lisa Maru

New documentary spotlights Brixton’s community in the face of gentrification

Beyond Brix & Mortar — With property prices rising by 1,700% since the ’80s, the film explores the rich cultural history of the area’s Afro-Caribbean community, and the threat to the area’s soul.

  • Activism
  • Sydney Lobe
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Buy a Huck x Choose Love print to support refugees around the world

Borderless — As a record 120 million people have been displaced across the globe, Huck has teamed up with 14 of our favourite photographers and contributors to support the charity’s work, as it celebrates its 10th birthday this year.

  • Activism
  • Huck
Large billboard on brick wall showing Freddie Mercury performing with text "THANK GOD FOR IMMIGRANTS" below smaller posters.

New billboard featuring Freddie Mercury celebrates migrant influence in the UK

Thank God for Immigrants — Created by art and activism crew Everyone Hates Elon, it’s displayed in Liverpool, where Queen first played together as a band.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
Vibrant book covers against bleak, rocky hills and buildings; 'Babylon' and 'Albion' text in bold lettering.

Dalia Al-Dujaili: “When you’re placeless, nature can fill the void”

Babylon, Albion — As her new book publishes, the British-Iraqi author speaks about connecting with the land as a second-generation migrant, plants as symbols of resistance, and being proud of her parents.

  • Culture
  • Zahra Onsori

Inside the world’s only inhabited art gallery

The MAAM Metropoliz — Since gaining official acceptance, a former salami factory turned art squat has become a fully-fledged museum. Its existence has provided secure housing to a community who would have struggled to find it otherwise.

  • Art
  • Gaia Neiman

The government's arms fair is endangering fleeing Ukrainians

Borders kill — The Home Office claims to want to support people displaced by war, but is at the same time hosting a shadowy arms fair to help arms companies sell their deadly wares to stop people crossing borders.

  • Activism
  • Mary Atkinson

Vietnamese migrants are set to face cruel deportation flight

Callous system — Campaigners are calling on the government to stop a deportation flight carrying up to 22 migrants and to bring an end to the continued criminalisation of those seeking help and refuge.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

Documenting Germany’s forgotten refugee community

Lost in the Black Forest — Migrants – fleeing war, persecution and poverty – have been living in the country’s Black Forest for over 20 years.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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