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Derek Chauvin trial: the ‘clear challenges’ US prosecutors face in police cases
- US
- March 28, 2021, 16:03
The graphic video of George Floyd’s killing was the catalyst for global protests against racism in policing. Whether it will be enough to persuade a j(...)

America at Large: The evolution of LeBron James still hampered by blind spots
- Other Sports
- October 8, 2020, 06:00
The evolution of LeBron James. In 2007, Ira Newbie, a Cleveland Cavaliers bench player, penned an open letter about the genocide in Darfur to the Chin(...)

US Open: Osaka faces Azarenka with more than title on the line
- Other Sports
- September 11, 2020, 20:20
It is six authored face masks and nearly a fortnight since Naomi Osaka, the reluctant conscience of Planet Tennis, uttered this truth at the outset of(...)

IOC needs to wake up if they consider themselves woke
- Other Sports
- September 11, 2020, 06:00
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has always sold itself as a state-of-the-art organisation, woke to the modern world. Carefully cultivated, i(...)

I left Belfast during the Troubles to escape gun violence. Now in the US it’s often worse
- Abroad
- June 25, 2020, 12:03
When I read the news about Ahmaud Arbery being shot dead while jogging on a street in Georgia, it reminded me of my childhood in Belfast during the Tr(...)

Little evidence of a ‘guiding hand’ behind US protests
- US
- June 3, 2020, 20:10
As the United States continues to be gripped by some of the largest mass protests in recent memory, focus has turned to the identity of those behind t(...)

Rallies took place in the city of Brunswick, Georgia on Friday, after two men were arrested over the killing of a 25-year-old black jogger. Ahmaud Ar(...)

Friday Black review: a bracing, ultramodern debut collection
- Books
- December 8, 2018, 06:00
An epigraph from Kendrick Lamar, virtual reality games for racists, genetically engineered children and a world where a white man can take a chainsaw (...)

LeBron James still refusing to ‘shut up and dribble’
- Other Sports
- August 8, 2018, 16:30
LeBron James was in Las Vegas the other week watching his 13-year-old son Bronny play in the AAU National Basketball Championships. As his team, the N(...)

The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag used nearly 30 million times
- Technology
- July 11, 2018, 16:23
The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has been used nearly 30 million times by Twitter users globally over the last five years, new figures show. A study fro(...)