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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    US gun violence
    Suspect in Chicago suburb parade massacre charged with murder

    Attack at July 4 festivities in Highland Park left seven people dead and dozens more injured

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors

    Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Food deserts deepen urban America’s racial disparities

    In one Chicago neighbourhood, there is only a single full service grocery store for 17,000 people

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Life & Arts
    ‘A hero to me’: Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge’s first African-American student

    An honorary doctorate gave the author and academic a chance to shine a light on the achievements of Alexander Crummell 170 years ago

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Kenneth C. Griffin
    Ken Griffin’s Citadel ditches Chicago for Miami following crime complaints

    Hedge fund is latest US company to depart Illinois in less than two months

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    ReviewFiction
    Standing Heavy by GauZ’ — observations of a black security guard

    France’s colonial legacies and racial prejudices are explored in this entertaining and informative satire

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Two Americans talk across the political divide

    A new initiative breaking US voters out of their media bubbles will help open minds

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Biden’s police reform agenda in limbo two years after George Floyd’s murder

    Democrats have struggled to turn mobilisation in the wake of Floyd’s killing by police into concrete change

  • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Politics class: NRA to press on with Houston conference despite Texas school shooting

    Pressure groups

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Simon Okotie
    Why, after all, I will celebrate the jubilee

    Simon Okotie had mixed feelings about the anniversary. Now he is preparing for a street party

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan collects data on borrowers’ race in push against wealth gap

    Programme set up in wake of George Floyd murder uses exemptions to boost lending to minorities

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Special ReportThe Business of Formula One
    Lewis Hamilton inspires F1 to accelerate diversity initiatives

    Race teams look to boost Stem education and job opportunities for people from ethnic minorities

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Race at work: how hard are companies really trying?

    Dismantling systemic racism is a huge task, but many employees think organisations are failing to take it seriously

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    George Floyd
    Two years since George Floyd’s murder, healing remains elusive for Minneapolis

    Talk of systemic racism still dominates local politics, yet efforts to address it have been frustrated

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    US race relations
    Buffalo shooting shines light on racist ‘great replacement’ theory

    Idea that minorities are conspiring with Democrats to displace white Americans gains traction on far right

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    US race relations
    Biden condemns ‘poison’ of white supremacy behind Buffalo shooting

    President calls on Americans to reject racist ‘replacement theory’ during visit to city

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    News in-depthUS race relations
    ‘It’s like the devil came to town’: Buffalo grieves after America’s latest racist attack

    Tragedy fits longstanding pattern of rightwing extremism, say experts

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    US gun violence
    Buffalo shooting suspect planned to continue ‘rampage’, police say

    Teen accused of ‘racially motivated’ attack at supermarket killed 10 people, eight of them black

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Fund management
    The trillions of dollars bypassing black-run funds 

    Lack of allocations poses ‘huge problem’ of inequality for the industry, warns investor John Rogers

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    InterviewTheatre
    Claudia Rankine: ‘We are inside a culture that’s dedicated to whiteness’

    The award-winning writer’s 2019 play ‘The White Card’ — new to the UK — deals with art, race and America

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    A call to arms for diverse democracies and their ‘decent middle’

    Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Great Experiment’ looks at how faltering heterogeneous societies can thrive

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Special Report
    Diversity Leaders

    Employees rank European companies on diversity of gender, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. Plus: City calls for ethnicity pay gap reporting; Spanish group takes lead on disability; class disadvantage in the workplace

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Can you help us compile our ranking of Europe’s Diversity Leaders?

    Employees and workplace experts are invited to complete a short survey to assess companies’ progress on inclusivity — by June 12

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Colombia
    Francia Márquez shakes up Colombian politics with bid for vice-presidency

    Social activist gives powerful voice to country’s marginalised black community

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    French presidential election
    Le Pen plays down Islamic headscarf ban ahead of run-off with Macron

    Far-right presidential candidate suggests plan to ban wearing of hijab in public would not be her priority

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