The government just released data showing stark racial inequalities in the UK
The audit release coincides with another study that shows the poorest BME households will see their living standards drop by 20 per cent because of austerity.
Racism
Parents and teachers call for school census boycott amid deportation fears
The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.
The racism we see today didn’t come out of nowhere. To fight it, we need to look at history
A new book traces the roots of racism in Britain up to the present day – and shows the left need to be bolder in battling it.
Share this to tackle hate crime
A new guide details what to do if you are the victim of an anti-Semitic or Islamophobic attack, or if you witness one.
London Pride ‘failed to grasp the importance of diversity’, report claims
Bi and trans people report being insulted and made to feel unwelcome at the event, which ‘did not reflect the city’s diverse LGBT+ community’.
NUJ demands IPSO inquiry on press racism after ‘Muslim Problem’ article
The watchdog is currently only interested in attacks on individuals and does not usually look into complaints regarding the treatment of specific groups.
Charlottesville spells the end of the Alt-Right, a US activist speaks
Fascist protests in Virginia at the weekend left one counter-demonstrator dead and twenty others injured. US public attitudes to the Alt-Right are changed forever.
8 offensive Prince Phillip quotes the press excuse as “gaffes”
At risk of being unpopular, it’s probably worth calling out some of the least statesmanlike comments our Head of State’s husband has made over 70 years.
Anti-semitic Sunday Times column raises institutional questions
How did Kevin Myers’ comments get past editors and sub-editors and why was he, a well-known bigot, writing for them in the first place?
Daily Mail accused of ‘weaponising abuse’ to undermine the left
Bullying is unacceptable, regardless of the perpetrator’s politics