The flag of the Native American Alcatraz protest in 1969, designed by Lulie Nall, a Penobscot Indian.
The struggle for sovereignty over their own lands has been a long hard fight for America’s Indigenous peoples.
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Twitter posts and messages on WhatsApp can come back to haunt you, even years later.
Black American GIs stationed in Britain during the war, these in Bristol, were given a warm welcome by their hosts but treated harshly by their white US Army comrades.
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When black American troops stationed in an English town faced off against white US Army military police.
Deported and drowned: an Italian memorial in London to those who died on the Arandora Star in 1940.
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During World War II, many Anglo-Italians who had come to the UK as economic migrants, were interned as ‘enemy aliens’ – and some deported.
The Empire Windrush, photographed a few years after its famous journey from Jamaica to Tilbury Docks.
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Windrush passengers became frequent guests on the BBC after their arrival 70 years ago.
Notting Hill Carnival: set up in the wake of race riots.
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What is the legacy of the Empire Windrush for black Britishness today?
Wigmore and Banks: ooh, Brexit? Oooh! Suits you sir, suits you.
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The rules are clear on campaign donations but meetings with foreign representatives are more of a grey area.
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It has been a confusing few weeks on the Tory benches. Here’s how to understand the dispute between Brexit rebels and the PM.
People inside the McAllen processing center for people crossing the US border.
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The scale and brutality of Trump’s family separation policy was like nothing that has gone before.
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There are no easy answers when it comes to tackling knife crime but young people must be at the centre of any possible solution.
The US’s empty chair in Geneva.
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While not exactly surprising coming from the Trump administration, backing out of a major UN body is bound to have serious consequences.
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New analysis from the Migration Observatory suggests skilled visa could still be refused in the future despite recent moves to exempt doctors and nurses from the cap.
First minister Carwyn Jones.
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First Minister Carwyn Jones is due to face intense scrutiny as an investigation into the dismissal of former AM Carl Sargeant begins.
Chinese anti-tank missile vehicles come with human operators – for now.
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Disruptive technology is fundamentally reshaping global security, and potentially laying the ground for a US-China conflict.
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The Home Office has announced a review of the law around medical cannabis in Britain – so what does the law say?
Enough?
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A snap poll intended to boost the Turkish president’s power has stirred up online opposition to his increasing authoritarianism.
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Wonder why Nigel Farage is on so often? Maybe because he’s very willing to turn up.
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The tennis star claims his role as a sports attaché for the Central African Republic means he doesn’t have to repay his debts. Is he right?
A protest against the family separation policy in Los Angeles in mid June.
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The US attorney general cited Paul’s letter to the Romans to justify the Trump administration family separation policy. Here’s why that’s a misreading of the Bible.
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As the England World Cup team get set to debut in Volgograd it’s apt to reflect on an Anglo-Russian relationship that has endured tumultuous political times.
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Why isn’t the third sector telling us more about whether what it does, works?
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Labour’s big fun day ended up being for the few, not the many.
Remembering victims of genocide in Guatemala City.
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Decades after the end of a civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, the survivors’ search for justice goes on.
Masterpiece ablaze.
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Viewed by many as the most important architectural building in Scotland’s largest city, the Mackintosh has been devastated for the second time in four years.
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Victims of image based sexual abuse deserve legal clarity.