Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Record Is a Reminder of the Social Justice Insanity of 2020 Trump is attempting to fire a Federal Reserve board governor. Reason · Aug 28, 2025
MAGA really wants it to be legal to burn a Pride flag, while Trump wants jail for American flag burners Right-wing commentators claim those defacing LGBT+ emblems held to different standard than those burning American flags The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
From Cristiano Ronaldo to a busty mermaid: The controversial statues that have lost their place From Denmark’s busty mermaid statue to toppled slave traders and stolen Paddington Bears, we take a look at the statues around the world that have vanished, been relocated, or quietly removed. Euronews · Aug 14, 2025
Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of Gaza The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025
Hegseth announces return of Confederate statue that whitewashes slavery to Arlington Cemetery: ‘We honor it’ ‘It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history,’ Defense Secretary says The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025
Statue of Confederate general torn down in 2020 protests to be restored in Washington DC In June 2020, the Albert Pike statue near D.C. police headquarters was toppled and vandalized by protesters The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025
Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2025
Covid, social media, Black Lives Matter: Ari Aster’s Eddington takes 2020 on and mostly succeeds Director of Hereditary and Midsommar tasked himself with the impossible in grimly satirical new film – but he finds truth where others have stumbled The Guardian - US · Jul 23, 2025
‘Racism in plain sight’: Outrage after DOJ seeks one-day sentence for cop convicted in Breonna Taylor shooting A department memo sent to a judge Wednesday claimed that Brett Hankison should not have been prosecuted over the civil rights charges on which he was convicted The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
The Most Absurd Conspiracy Thriller Of The Year Fumbles Its Satire 'Eddington,' Ari Aster’s contemporary Western, is a satirical conspiracy thriller with nothing to say. Inverse · Jul 17, 2025
Canada Day: Resurrecting John A. Macdonald statues ignores critical lessons about Canada’s history “We’re freeing John A.,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announced, unveiling plans to return a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to its place of prominence overlooking the south lawn of the Ontario legislature at Queen’s Park. The Conversation · Jun 24, 2025
Illinois Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Based on Allegations that Plaintiff Teacher Was "Anti-White" etc. The court does, however, leave open the possibility that the plaintiff can file an amended complaint that can go forward. Reason · Jun 24, 2025
Go viral for racist behavior, receive $750,000: inside the new extremist crowdfunding campaigns The response to these online fundraisers signals the rise of more overt, public support for racist actions The Guardian - US · Jun 17, 2025
Sir Geoff Palmer obituary Grain scientist whose work was important to the brewing and distilling industry and who became a distinguished campaigner for racial equality The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
The Conversation · Jun 15, 2025 Millions rally against authoritarianism, while the White House portrays protests as threats – a political scientist explains At the end of a week when President Donald Trump sent Marines and the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell protests, Americans across the country turned out in huge numbers to protest Trump’s attempts to expand his power. In rallies on June 14, 2025, organized under the banner…
The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2025 Los Angeles, city of immigrant protests: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump For decades, LA has been at the center of the civil rights and immigrants’ rights movements – and Trump’s raids appear to be mobilizing a new generation
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 How does woke start winning again? The long read: British progressives have suffered major setbacks in recent years, in both public opinion and court rulings. Was a backlash inevitable, and are new tactics needed?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025 Five years since Colston fell, there have been setbacks – but those who demanded race equality have not gone away When the enslaver’s statue was torn down in Bristol, it signified hope. Now the government must harness that to bring about real change, says Operation Black Vote co-founder Simon Woolley
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025 Former police officer sentenced after lying about leaking info to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio attended sentencing and called for Trump to pardon Shane Lamond
The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2025 A scuffle in the lolly aisle. The sickening death toll climbs. Another family face gut-wrenching grief Australians will rally this weekend to mourn Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with disabilities who stopped breathing after being restrained by NT police
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025 What I learned from the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter uprising Five years ago, I didn’t trust the moment; did the world really need to see a man die on a pavement to realise racism existed?
The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025 Storyville: White Man Walking review – the man who marched 1,500 miles with a Black Lives Matter sign This documentary starts with an off-putting sense of white saviourism and sanctimonious liberalism … only to become a compelling tale of how the US is riven by disfranchisement and division
The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025 Black British TV makers ‘fighting over scraps’ amid lack of opportunities Industry figures say conditions are worse now than before the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020
Evening Standard · May 27, 2025 I walked across the south of America in a Black Lives Matter shirt — this is what happened Documentary maker Rob Bliss set out on an epic journey to the Deep South in 2020. Cue the threats
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025 Firms ‘rebranding’ diversity initiatives to avoid unwanted political attention British business figures say many companies in UK and US disguising inclusion policies in face of rightwing attacks