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The photographs of a father and daughter have sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery and who profits from it.

James Bradley is a brilliant writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His recent book Deep Water (2024) is an elegiac essay in response to the wonders of the planet’s oceans. It celebrates undersea mysteries and the marvels of the surface, denounces the slavery and oppression connected with trade routes, and…

Exclusive: Act found to be failing as hostile immigration policies deter trafficking victims from seeking help

If I asked you to picture a racist, I know exactly what you’d envision. A white hood, or someone screaming slurs, or a person praising slavery.

Trade in uncertified hardwood illegally logged in Chocó rainforest and imported by US and Europe is financing paramilitaries, says Environmental Investigation Agency

In early 2020, separated from my family and friends during the pandemic, I made up my mind to write a love story

If history textbooks were more like this Instagram account, maybe more kids would open them. Or at least try to.

The rise is thought to be partly down to an increase in exploitation of migrant women in the care sector, Unseen said.

In her groundbreaking book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1897, Cheryl Thompson, professor of performance at Toronto Metropolitan University, maps the transnational flow of minstrel culture and racial ideologies, revealing how blackface performance — and the racism it reflects — was not strictly an American…