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Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'
Film

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has risen to fame with roles that make ignored Black female voices heard, her role in Nickel Boys is no exception
This Black flower seller's identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure
black british history, hastings
Black history

This Black flower seller's identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure

The root causes of the UK's racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them
Tim Naor Hilton

The root causes of the UK's racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst named Big Issue's book of the year for 2024
Book of the Year 2024

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst named Big Issue's book of the year for 2024

'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
Ric Flo and Judith Denton

'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system

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65,000 people facing systemic inequities supported by over £1.8mil of Growth Impact Fund investments
Big Issue Invest

65,000 people facing systemic inequities supported by over £1.8mil of Growth Impact Fund investments

The Chase's Paul Sinha: 'My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage'
Paul Sinha
LGBTQ+ rights

The Chase's Paul Sinha: 'My mum found out I was gay through an act of emotional sabotage'

Use money from Brits' dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told
Placards held up at counter protests in London following UK riots
UK riots

Use money from Brits' dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula
Calvin Demba, star of Netflix's Supacell
TV

Supacell star Calvin Demba on race, male bravado and breaking the modern superhero formula

Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children's author Atinuke
Books

Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children's author Atinuke

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto
Keir Starmer launching the Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 general election
Politics

Palestine, renting and child poverty: What is – and isn't – in Labour's general election manifesto

'The pain was too much': Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to 'racial prejudices'
black woman's healthcare/ tessa
Health

'The pain was too much': Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to 'racial prejudices'

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier
Film

Origin review – a genuine, often unsettling cinema outlier

Ava DuVernay on Origin: 'I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you've left the theatre'
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Jon Bernthal in Ava DuVernay's film Origin
Interview

Ava DuVernay on Origin: 'I want it to be the kind of film you think about after you've left the theatre'

Labour's equal pay plan for ethnic minorities welcome – but campaigners warn it's no cure-all
Equal pay

Labour's equal pay plan for ethnic minorities welcome – but campaigners warn it's no cure-all

'An urgent wake-up call': Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
disabled person struggling with energy bills
Cost of living crisis

'An urgent wake-up call': Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright and Erika Alexander in American Fiction
Film

American Fiction review – a satirical take on novel writing with Jeffrey Wright

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world
Books

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Netflix film Rustin
Film

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future
2 Tone stars The Specials on stage in a black and white photo
Music

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future

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Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'
Jazzie B from Soul II Soul
Race

Soul II Soul's Jazzie B: 'By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times'

Beverley Knight: 'My young black skin was politicised the day I was born'
Beverley Knight, UK soul singer
Letter to my Younger Self

Beverley Knight: 'My young black skin was politicised the day I was born'

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah looks into the camera with his hands on his face
Interview

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'

Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity
Children of Windrush
Letter to my younger self

Children of Windrush: Mica Paris, Jay Blades, Lenny Henry and more reflect on heritage and identity