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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      FT Wealth
      ‘All we’re asking is for a level playing field’: black entrepreneurs in the UK

      Despite steps to support small black-owned businesses, there still remains a lack of support or funding for those trying to break through the glass ceiling

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Education
      California anti-bias law criticised for hurting minority students

      State travel ban impedes university transfers for black students from low-income backgrounds

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Workplace diversity & equality
      UK private companies given targets for ethnic minorities on boards

      Parker review records progress on diversity in the FTSE 100 as it expands scope of its recommendations

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Special ReportThe Modern Workplace: People
      Cuts to investment in diversity threaten gains

      Reducing funding and staff could undermine progress since George Floyd’s murder

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
      US Democrats battle to rally black voters in 2024

      African-Americans in crucial ‘purple’ states are increasingly frustrated by issues such as policing and voting reform

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      The problem with the argument for reparations

      It almost invariably becomes about who should pay, rather than about who needs the money

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      News in-depthUS employment
      Black Americans ‘trade up’ to higher-paying jobs amid labour market squeeze

      Job seekers from minority groups are taking advantage of a pandemic-related boom in areas such as transportation

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      InterviewBrazilian politics
      How Lula’s government plans to boost racial equality in Brazil

      Minister Anielle Franco, sister of murdered Rio politician, aims to tackle prejudices that harm country’s non-white population

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
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      Memphis police disband unit connected to death of Tyre Nichols

      Move follows release of video that renewed criticism of US policing tactics

    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
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      Video shows deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police

      US braced for protests after release of footage of events leading to death of 29-year-old black man

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival
      Questions of privilege

      Is the term ‘white privilege’ doing more harm than good? Three insightful books look at anti-Semitism, migration and class amid the battle to end racism

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
      Lawyers use pro bono hours to step up fight for racial justice

      The Black Lives Matter movement was an awakening for law firms on the magnitude of the challenge

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
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      Nike terminates Kyrie Irving contract after anti-Semitism controversy

      NBA star loses crucial partnership amid fallout from social media post

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
      Incendiary claims about the UK census do not reflect reality

      We should interrogate the convenient weaponisation of the latest data

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      OutlookPatti Waldmeir
      Tackle the ‘credit invisibles’ to help close the racial wealth gap

      Alternative methods aim to open up lending to people who lack conventional records

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Special Report
      Diversity Leaders

      British comedian Francesca Martinez stands up for difference; Irish tech’s equality mindset; Volvo steers inclusive course; UK media’s ‘50:50’ target; leaders today need their vulnerable side; 850 companies operating in Europe ranked for diversity

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      OutlookPatti Waldmeir
      US schools still have a racial segregation problem

      While the debate about ‘affirmative action’ in university admissions rages, a bigger issue persists

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      What is an ethnic minority anyway?

      An individual’s self-declared status is ultimately secondary to how states choose to identify them

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      UK society
      ‘We have come a long way’: ‘Twice migrant’ Asians celebrate Sunak’s arrival as UK prime minister

      First non-white occupant of Downing Street marks a major milestone for community that migrated from east African nations

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Black History Month 2022 — celebrating creativity across the arts
      Podcast review — Black and Gay, Back in the Day is a portal into the past

      The series explores personal stories through a single photograph

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      UK police
      Police watchdog to probe role of race in shooting of Chris Kaba

      Death of unarmed 24-year-old has reignited concerns of racism in London’s Met Police

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
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      PayPal threatens to pull Phoenix Suns sponsorship after owner’s racist slurs

      Payments company says it will not renew deal with basketball team if its owner Robert Sarver remains in charge

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      London’s Met Police suspends officer over shooting of unarmed black man

      Force takes action after public outcry to the death of Chris Kaba, as family criticise lack of urgency

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
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      ‘The only thing as American as apple pie is the oppression of black people’

      Described as The Joy of Cooking meets the Bible, the Ghetto Gastro’s Black Power Kitchen is like nothing you’ve ever read before

    • Saturday, 27 August, 2022
      ReviewFilm
      Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 — American film history through a new lens

      Los Angeles exhibition sheds overdue light on African-American achievement, but also reminds us of a racist legacy

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