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In recent years, there has been an increased push for more diversity and representation on our entertainment screens. The #OscarsSoWhite campaign of 2015 and the enduring social justice movement it generated increased public awareness of the longstanding problematic issues of discrimination and exclusion in Hollywood.

Joint project between Guardian and city’s Science and Industry Museum will open in early 2027

Several high-profile celebrities were slapped with human-trafficking charges in late 2024, from music mogul Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy, to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. Neither has been tried yet, but in 2022 the R&B superstar R. Kelly was convicted of sex-trafficking crimes that dated back decades. He…

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and inhumane processes in human history. It is the subject of many studies, but the individual life histories of the arrival and survival of enslaved people in foreign lands remain largely untold.

Letters: Rachel Withers says people need to get real about their non-mastery of all they survey, and George Burt discusses slavery, political oppression and AI

It’s an uncomfortable reality, but modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains.

Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century. Next year, the 99-year-old hopes she can take part on a first-of-its-kind cruise that would do the reverse journey back to her father's homeland.

Lord Pannick’s comments came as the House of Lords continued its line-by-line scrutiny of the Football Governance Bill.

During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays. Slave owners usually gave them bigger portions of food, gifted them alcohol and provided extra days of rest.