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Last year, the US Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious affirmative action programmes for college admissions were illegal.  Since then, institutions across the board have reported a…

Linguistic imperialism is the process whereby dominant powers impose their language on those they colonise, suppressing indigenous languages and thus marginalising their speakers and sustaining power…

This week’s Facts of the Week focus on the great Kingdom of Kongo, which ruled over a vast area in central Africa that includes present-day DRC,…

Despite repression, protests have not wavered against US funding, arming and providing diplomatic cover for Israel as it continues more than a year of an onslaught…

During the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 24-30 September 2024), the president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Edgar Leblanc Fils, delivered…

According to the website of the United Arab Emirates in Washington DC, the Gulf state and the US have shared interests and common values, and work…

Skulls and other human remains from the Ekoi (West Africa), Jivaro (South America) and Naga (India and Myanmar) peoples were recently listed for auction by Swan…

On 16 October 1968, an unforgettable moment unfolded at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. As the US national anthem played, two sprinters, Tommie Smith (centre)…

The tributaries that represent the global oppression of indigenous and poor peoples may take different shapes and directions. Still, their waters flow from the same river…

Fists in the air as we celebrate the formation of the revolutionary Black Panther Party! The group, founded on 15 October 1966, confronted the political establishment,…