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Video of black gymnast snubbed in medal ceremony sparks racism debate in Ireland

The incident happened last year, but the video was recently reposted and now has over 50 million views with people expressing outrage over the incident and solidarity with the little girl

Bryn Haworth 27 September 2023

Migrant families from Syria and Iraq are seen behind the border wall at Polish - Belarus border not far from Bialowieza, eastern Poland, on May 29, 2023.

AFP

A new 'Berlin Wall'?: How Europe's treatment of migrants clashes with its claimed values

Lofty humanitarian policy ambitions in Brussels are unrecognisable at the EU's borders and the clash between intentions and actions means migrants are dying

Khattar Abu Diab 12 July 2023

The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board.

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75 years after Windrush, Britain’s mixed record on immigration examined

The Windrush anniversary comes at a time when the British government appears increasingly opposed to immigration in general.

Christopher Phillips 30 June 2023

Home Secretary Suella Braverman speaks in the House of Commons, London, on the Illegal Migration Bill, Tuesday March 7, 2023.

Are British immigrants becoming vessels for racism?

As Braverman has been busily characterising 'migrants' as invaders, the political scene in Britain has been steadily becoming more multicultural

Bryn Haworth 14 April 2023

Soccer Football - Real Madrid presents new Brazilian teenager Vinicius Junior - Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, Spain - July 20, 2018 Brazilian teenager Vinicius Junior, 18, kisses his jersey during the presentation. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Racists Should Be Banned From Stadiums, Vinicius Jr Says

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr believes that fans found guilty of racist abuse should be banned for life from attending games. The 22-year-old Brazilian was a victim of abuse in September when…

24 October 2022

FILE PHOTO: Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

How Extremism Went Mainstream

In the months before and after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, millions of Americans clicked their way through an online flood of disinformation, including the widely distributed falsehood that…

Cynthia Miller-Idriss 07 January 2022

Has Woke Racism Become a “New Religion”?

A respected Black professor recently published a book criticizing extreme Black opinions and activities by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and by other Black organizations and groups. As…

Mohammad Ali Salih 10 December 2021

Part of the protests that erupted last July in Khuzestan, Iran.

Protest Movement in Ahwaz “Fire Under the Ashes”

Since last month, angry and frustrated Ahwazi Arabs of Iran have been protesting deliberate water shortage, deteriorating living conditions, and oppression by Iranian authorities. It was not the…

Amany M. Salem 13 August 2021

Rise of Arab-American Left Activism

Recently, the University of North Carolina Press held an exhibition of the books on Arabs and Islam it had published, and published electronic copies of each book. One, that it first published few…

Mohammad Ali Salih 23 July 2021

The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing

Protests for racial justice surged in the streets of American cities this June, only to meet a police response that looked startlingly like warfare: police used tear gas on protesters, donned Kevlar…

Julian Go 24 July 2020

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