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Some of your favourite leaders were anti-black and you didn’t even know it

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A history of protest in a tired nation

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Is Churchill next? Colston plummets as the voices of the future rise louder than ever before

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Are protests redundant weapons against racism?

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American Politics: A Tale of Divide and Conquer

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Coronavirus Will Change The Face of Tourism forever

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Some of your favourite leaders were anti-black and you didn’t even know it

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Stop depending on Celebrities for social change

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Colston’s down, now let us tear the education system down

The statue of the MP, merchant and prolific slave trader Edward Colston that was thrown ...

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A history of protest in a tired nation

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#NORTH30 – The List Celebrating The North of England

Rifts between The North and The South are not new. London has swallowed most of the energy, resources and money to help it ...

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02 – The Detail: Black History Month

I should begin this Issue by making It clear that Black History is not an event or festival. It is a rich reality ...

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#NORTH30: Northern 30 Under 30 List Revealed

Read the full list here: #NORTH30 Rifts between The North and The South are not new. London has swallowed most of the energy, ...

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01 – The Detail: Echo Chambers

In an age of hyper information, one would be forgiven for expecting a growing number of information sources to result in a more ...

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Please don’t make Katie Hopkins a martyr

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Do Black Lives Really Matter to Big Tech?

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What can BLM actually achieve in the UK?

The social justice movement Black Lives Matter has taken the world by storm, ever since ...

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The Power of Silence in an Age of Noise

In his 1670 Pensées (Thoughts), French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal wrote that “All of ...

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Can reparations actually work?

Reparations are understood to mean cash payments for historical wrongdoing. If well designed, they are ...

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Is a Labour Party split inevitable?

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‘Shut up and dribble’ – Do we need socially active sportspeople?

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Being Black in English football: The support I can only dream of

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Glorifying black players will not create equality in sports. We need managers

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