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  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Anti-vaxxers are targeting black people, warns US Covid adviser

    Head of task force says jab sceptics are capitalising on mistrust in healthcare system

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
    Delta’s Ed Bastian: building staff loyalty to survive a crisis

    The airline chief focused on protecting the company’s workforce and liquidity in the face of aviation’s worst downturn

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    News in-depthCovid-19 vaccines
    Racial inequality plagues US vaccine rollout

    FT analysis finds people living in areas hit hardest by virus are being inoculated at slower rate

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    ReviewBooks
    ‘Culture Warlords’ — undercover among neo-Nazis

    Talia Lavin’s compelling exploration of the modern far-right points to the banality of extremists

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Esan Swan
    Black Americans like me expect Joe Biden to deliver

    It’s too late to return to old-style Democratic policies. We expect a radical break

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    News in-depthUS Capitol attack
    US Capitol riot raises questions over racial ‘double standard’ in policing

    Investigators urged to scrutinise America’s approach to law enforcement following clashes in Washington

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Officer who shot black man in Kenosha will not face charges

    Incident that paralysed Jacob Blake touched off wave of protests and unrest in Wisconsin town

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    Black leaders urge action to match Janet Yellen’s words on race

    The next Treasury secretary has a long record of advocating for racial equity. Can she now spur change?

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Taylor Nicole Rogers
    Year in a word: BlackLivesMatter

    The shocking video of George Floyd’s killing confronted Americans with their history of systemic racism

  • Promoted Content
  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    Coronavirus treatment
    Black Americans wary of Covid vaccine effort

    History of institutional racism has made minority groups sceptical of vaccinations

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Major League Baseball
    Cleveland baseball team to drop ‘Indians’ name

    Franchise is second in US sports this year to drop insignia over sensitivity to indigenous people

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    The best of TV and streaming this week
    Jon Meacham uses the past to illuminate the present in The Soul of America

    The historian examines the American character through its chequered history on HBO/Sky Documentaries

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    FT SeriesWomen of 2020
    How Black Lives Matter went global, by co-founder Patrisse Cullors

    ‘We galvanised people to ask themselves: did they show up for black life, or did they not?’

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    FT SeriesWomen of 2020
    Meet the young leaders campaigning for racial justice in the US

    Chelsea Miller, Nialah Edari and Raquel Willis have been organising marches and pushing for equality

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    News in-depth
    African-Americans suffer as public-sector jobs are cut

    Dramatic fall in tax receipts during pandemic forces states and cities to lay off workers

  • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
    Donald Trump
    In Trump’s hometown, crowds celebrate his defeat

    President’s awkward relationship with New York City was on display across the Big Apple

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    Trump revives ‘law and order’ pitch after Philadelphia protests

    White House condemns unrest in key swing state sparked by police shooting of black man

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Patti Waldmeir
    For white Americans, anti-racism training has never been more necessary

    A ‘racial healing circle’ in Chicago holds lessons for how to discuss white privilege

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    Anthony Bogues
    Mike Pence’s denial of racism reminds us why BLM exists

    The US civil rights movement achieved a lot in the 1960s but left unfinished business

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump comments embolden far-right Proud Boys

    Self-proclaimed western chauvinists celebrate on social media after US president suggests they ‘stand by’

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Republicans hit out at Trump’s aggressive debate performance

    Tim Scott, party’s only black senator, calls for president to correct remarks on white supremacists

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    US police clash with protesters over Breonna Taylor case

    More than 100 arrested in Louisville as demonstrations erupt after grand jury decision

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Officer charged with ‘wanton endangerment’ in Breonna Taylor killing

    Grand jury’s decision sparks protests in Louisville and other parts of US

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    Mars Inc
    Mars drops Uncle Ben’s brand for promoting racial stereotype

    Rice range will be renamed Ben’s Original

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    Louisville pays $12m to settle case over Breonna Taylor’s death

    Family had sued over shooting that put new focus on police violence against black women

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