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Tens of thousands gather to remember Jason Arday at London vigil

Stand Up to Racism — It took place in Trafalgar Square, with speakers paying tribute to the former Cambridge professor’s life and achievements, while calling for accountability over the reporting he faced from the mainstream press.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop

Riding out with Mac & Matteo

Warm shoulder — Cycling around London with his cat on his shoulder, balaclava-donning youth worker Mac is challenging society’s perceptions of people who look and dress like him. Molly Lipson chats to him about trauma, fatherhood and using his platform as a feline influencer for good.

  • Activism
  • Molly Lipson

Imprisonment, illness, internal strife: Deo Kato’s mammoth run for justice

STEPS — Spanning 17 months, 21 countries and two continents, the Ugandan born athlete ran from Cape Town to London to raise awareness of racism and migration stories, while trying to find his own place in the world. A new film explores his obstacle-filled path and what he learned along the way.

  • Sport
  • Olivia Fee

Foka Wolf hacked billboard celebrates Eric Cantona’s infamous kung-fu kick

Kick out — The incident happened 31 years ago to this day at Selhurst Park, as the former Manchester United forward kicked Matthew Simmons, an alleged far-right rally attendee. 

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Remembering Fietas, Johannesburg’s vibrant neighbourhood ripped by Apartheid

Fragments of Fietas — In the ’70s, South African authorities forcibly removed non-white people from the western suburb, now known as Pageview. Enraged, photographer David Goldblatt documented its erasure.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen

Jordan Stephens: “I don’t like using the term ‘Toxic Masculinity’ anymore”

In the latest edition of our masculinity column Hard Feelings, the Rizzle Kicks singer and author talks about his childhood, vulnerability, his relationship with his mum and more.

  • Daddy Issues
  • Robert Kazandjian

We protected our community from a far right mob, here's what happened

As fascists descended on Bristol, hundreds of community members gathered to protect a local hotel housing asylum seekers.

  • Activism
  • Frankie Larsen

How communities of colour fought back

Micha Frazer-Carroll examines the challenges that the UK’s minoritised communities have faced over the last five years, and reports on the ways that they have come together to organise, support and uplift one another.

  • Election 2024
  • Micha Frazer-Carroll

How Black women transformed British photography

Joy Gregory’s new photo book takes a comprehensive look at the work of a generation of artists whose recognition is long overdue.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The Black surfers paddling out for the love of the ocean

A Great Day in the Stoke at Huntington Beach is a celebration of Black surfing and a call to make surfing inclusive for all.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Jon Coen

Inside the UK's anti-migrant protests

Demonstrations in Rotherham, Erskine, Warwickshire and St. Helens last weekend show an alarming rise in the frequency of anti-migrant protests as well as the numbers attending them. But tensions have been brewing for a long time as inflammatory rhetoric has ramped up across mainstream news and politics.

  • Activism
  • Tom Bennett

Black and brown people fleeing Ukraine are facing attack

Search for Sanctuary — While many people escaping war have been welcomed by Ukraine’s neighbouring countries, the threat of coordinated attacks from white supremacists have left some fearing for their safety.

  • Activism
  • Taiwo Balogun

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