World Richmond removing Confederate statues, Mississippi retires state flag A campaign in the United States to remove symbols of the pro-slavery Civil War South gained momentum on Wednesday as workers began taking down... 12 hours ago
Tech Facebook boots far-right network and boosts original news Facebook disrupted a "violent US-based anti-government network" and vowed to give original news priority as it remained under fire for what it... on 1 July 2020
UK Racism in the UK : the effects of a ‘hostile environment’ Ijeoma Moore came to Britain from Nigeria as a toddler and is now 25. "I have lived here since I was two. I feel very much British," she said. on 30 June 2020
World Trump defends John Wayne legacy over airport ‘racism’ row US President Donald Trump leapt to the defense Monday of his movie idol John Wayne, after California Democrats called for the actor's name to... on 29 June 2020
Culture France’s Assa Traore honored at BET Awards International activist Assa Traore, whose brother Adama was killed in French police custody four years ago, was given the BET Global Good award... on 29 June 2020
World Starbucks pauses social media ads as it targets ‘hate speech’ Starbucks said Sunday that it will pause its advertising on social media while it studies ways to "stop the spread of hate speech" as part of... on 29 June 2020
World Trump tweets — then deletes — video of fan yelling ‘white power’ US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white... on 29 June 2020
World White Canadian cop convicted of beating black teenager A Canadian court convicted a white police officer Friday of beating a young black man in Toronto in 2016, in a highly anticipated judgment as... on 27 June 2020
World Facebook ramps up efforts to curb ‘hateful content’ in ads Facebook said Friday it would ban a "wider category of hateful content" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to growing... on 27 June 2020
World Verizon joins brands boycotting Facebook ads over hate speech US telecoms giant Verizon joined the growing list of brands vowing to stop buying advertising on Facebook on Thursday over its perceived failure... on 26 June 2020
World Top French historian slams Macron’s statue stance as another is attacked A top French historian slammed President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday for trying to shut down debate on the country's colonial past as a prominent... on 24 June 2020
World EU racism pledge clouded by ‘blackface’ controversy A pledge by the EU to make its 30,000 strong civil service more diverse was overshadowed on Wednesday by the blackface-wearing past of its top... on 24 June 2020
World Top French historian slams Macron’s hardline stance on statues A leading historian attacked French President Emmanuel Macron's stance on disputed statues linked to the country's colonial past Wednesday, saying... on 24 June 2020
World French ‘Black Code’ author’s statue defaced in Paris The statue of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the man behind a legal decree that defined the conditions of slavery in the French colonies, was defaced... on 23 June 2020
World Fortnite removes police cars with eye on US race protests : WSJ The creators of Fortnite have removed police cars from the massively popular video game over concerns about the ongoing protests against racial... on 22 June 2020
World New York City to remove Roosevelt statue over racism concerns New York City announced Sunday it would remove a statue of former US President Theodore Roosevelt long criticized as a racist and colonialist... on 22 June 2020
