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Museum receives a honorary mention at UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize At a ceremony today in Paris Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum will receive an Honourable Mention by Koïchiro...
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November 16, 2009
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The Liberal Democrats have made two new appointments in a move to strengthen its’ progress towards race and equality
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November 16, 2009
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It’s being reported that an female author has won a ten year battle every bit as epic as one of her storylines, after investigators had discovered that the makers...
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November 16, 2009
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Justice has prevailed with the jailing of Marwa al-Sherbini s murderer, but will the sentence prevent this type of tragedy in the future asks Richard Sudan
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November 16, 2009
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Liverpool’s women make the city proud, says OBV s Simon Woolley
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November 16, 2009
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As a United Nations conference on ‘minority issues’ ends, one of America’s most prominent Black politicians insisted it had made progress in advancing equality worldwide
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November 16, 2009
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And this years prize for good governance in Africa goes to... erm, sorry, there are no winners this year. Angela Hinds reports.
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November 16, 2009
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The DNA database poses most serious threat to race relations to date, says Matilda MacAttram
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November 16, 2009
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In a speech to a United Nations conference on ‘minority issues’, Simon Woolley of Operation Black Vote says that the election of Barack Obama gives us every reason to...
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November 16, 2009
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The third Equality Summit will be held in Stockholm on 16–17 November. This is an annual event for ministers, chairs of national equality bodies, chairs of NGOs at EU...
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November 16, 2009
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Last week I had the honor of kicking it with one of the world’s most accomplished soccer players of our time, Lilian Thuram. However we didn’t discuss his 1998...
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November 15, 2009
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Historicizing “heroes” has proven to be a tricky business for black folk in America, that is, when we choose to undertake the endeavor at all. Oftentimes, our proclivity to...
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November 12, 2009
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To beat or not to beat? That’s the question being asked by a new film that explores whether it is right to smack children
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November 12, 2009
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Over 60 MPs from across the Commonwealth got a chance to see the “mother of parliaments” in action - and they weren’t at all impressed with the under-representation of...
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November 11, 2009
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Not surprisingly, there’s not an awful lot of sympathy - on either side of the Atlantic - over the execution of Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad, but it’s worth...
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November 11, 2009
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Earlier this month we argued that critics of Cadbury’s fairtrade chocolate campaign were going overboard by suggesting it was racist.
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November 10, 2009
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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today officially opened the Shiraz Mirza Trust Manor Park Hall in New Malden. He was joined by local...
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November 10, 2009
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THT encourages UK Africans to ‘Be Wise’ about their sexual health, with new guide encouraging regular testing for HIV and STIs HIV and sexual health charity...
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November 10, 2009
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We don’t often hear much about Exeter, but the west country city has come to our attention twice in as many weeks
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November 10, 2009
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The inquest of a black man shot several times in the head by police could be the first case to be held behind closed doors, after the government narrowly...
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November 10, 2009
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A pioneering project dedicated to making London safer by helping young offenders turn their backs on crime was launched today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and the Mayor of...
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November 09, 2009
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Elaine M. CampbellRenegotiate EPA: a very optimistic approachTo be clear, EPA is not called Economic Partnership Agreement for nothing. It is a not a Development Aid...
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November 09, 2009
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Paul Boateng was the first black Cabinet minister. Now he’s making headlines for a very different reason, as he joins the board of arms company Aegis. So has he...
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November 09, 2009
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The head of an organisation representing Labour’s Black and ethnic minority members has expressed exasperation at continuing deselection of sitting councillors
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November 09, 2009
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A new film about an obese teenager is not as negative as it may first appear, especially if the book is anything to go by, says Angela Hinds ...
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November 07, 2009
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David Lammy today called for an investigation into the deselections of Black councillors across London. The Tottenham MPs comments come after three serving councillors were ditched in his own...
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November 06, 2009
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In a shock move, a leading environmental expert has been axed as a Tottenham councillor. Labour apparatchiks deselected Brian Haley (pictured) as a candidate for next year’s local elections...
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November 06, 2009
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Are we sliding towards a surveillance state? That was the question being asked at a meeting on Wednesday night.
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November 06, 2009
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A recent article by the former head of a think tank claimed "race is not an issue." Simon Woolley says all the evidence suggests it is.
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November 06, 2009
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Groundbreaking footballer and World War One hero Walter Tull remains a towering figure in British black history, says Richard Sudan