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Jesse Jackson's death will 'harness the power of the people to go forward'

Americas

Tributes pour in for Jesse Jackson, icon of the American civil rights movement

Americas

Jesse Jackson 'proved that a black man could be a serious contender for the White House'

Americas

Veteran US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

Americas

US civil rights activist and African American icon Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

Americas

Sebastien Lai: Father's release must precede normalisation with UK, all nations 'who love freedom'

Asia / Pacific

US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86

Americas
arts24

aja monet: The Grammy-nominated poet taking on power and the culture wars

Culture

South Africa's one million invisible children without birth certificates

On the ground
Africa

Gavin Newsom: California's governor takes on Trump, woos embattled Democrats

Americas

WorldPride marches in Washington as Trump dismantles LGBTQ rights in America

Americas
Entre Nous

‘I existed’: Women’s suffrage in France

France

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop funding freeze

Harvard sues Trump administration over threats to cut more than $2 billion in funding

Americas
Perspective

Maya Angelou's translator Santiago Artozqui on working with her unique poetry

Culture

Activists accuse UK govt of developing ‘Minority Report‘-style tool to predict likely murderers

Interview
Europe

Trump administration to cut Department of Education workforce by half

Americas

Four decades on, still no justice for South Africa's Apartheid-era atrocities

Long read
Africa

'Honorable: US President Jimmy Carter was always imbued with the idea of doing the right thing'

Perspective

From Harlem to Paris: The enduring legacy of pioneering author, civil rights activist James Baldwin

Louisiana orders schools to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms

Louisiana orders schools to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms

Americas

'Strategist of nonviolence': US civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson dies at 95

Americas

Black passengers who were ordered to leave a flight sue American Airlines

Americas

Rallies for trans rights in France over right-wing bill on gender transition for minors

France

Hong Kong adopts contentious law giving government more power to quash dissent

Asia / Pacific
The Interview

Bernice King on her father: 'He tried to make the world a better place for everyone'

Americas
Inside the Americas

What remains of Martin Luther King Jr's dream, 60 years on?

Americas

Thousands gather to mark 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

Americas

Black activist Angela Davis struck off name of French school for views on 'systemic racism'

France

Estonia becomes first Baltic state to legalise same-sex marriage

Europe

US Supreme Court rules in favour of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

Americas

Legacy of Harry Belafonte (1927-2023): Civil rights & cultural icon 'elevated substance over style'

Harry Belafonte, legendary singer, actor and political activist, dies aged 96

Culture
Focus

Fresh wave of anti-LGBT violence sweeps Uganda

Malcolm X's family to sue CIA, FBI, New York police over assassination

Malcolm X's daughter to sue CIA and FBI for wrongful death

Tech 24

UK's Online Safety Bill nears completion: What it means for internet oversight

Business

Biden signs same-sex and interracial marriage protections into US law

Americas

‘Playing counter-attack, without Mbappé’: Italy’s resigned left faces election drubbing

ON THE GROUND
Europe

India marks historic 75th Independence Day anniversary

Asia / Pacific

India marks historic 75th Independence Day anniversary

Asia / Pacific

Turkey sentences rights campaigner Osman Kavala to life in jail

Europe

Turkey's jailed rights defender Osman Kavala makes final appeal before verdict

Europe
arts24

Fighting segregation in 'Son of the South': An unlikely civil rights story

Culture

US court convicts three ex-police officers on civil rights charges over Floyd murder

Americas

Ex-police officer Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Americas

Biden rings the alarm on state of democracy worldwide

The Debate

Celebrating an extraordinary life: What is Josephine Baker's legacy?

France

Three Georgia men found guilty of Ahmaud Arbery murder

Ahmaud Arbery's parents react to guilty verdict in murder of their son

Two men to be exonerated for Malcolm X assassination after 55 years

Americas

Cuba cracks down on dissent ahead of protest march

Cuban dissident leaders call for a protest over curbs on civil rights

Facebook announces it will shut down facial recognition system

Americas

US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson awarded France's Légion d'Honneur

DIPLOMACY

Headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions, top EU court rules

Europe

New French bill to tighten online surveillance against Islamist attacks

Chauvin convicted of murdering George Floyd in landmark US racial justice case

Belarus crackdown: TV journalists jailed for two years over protest coverage

Thousands take to Barcelona's streets to demand release of arrested rapper

Perspective

Journey to Justice: The power of 'ordinary people' to affect change in the world

Europe

White police officer cleared of charges in Wisconsin shooting of Jacob Blake

Breonna Taylor cop charged with endangering her neighbours: Civil rights outrage over grand jury decision

John Hume, who won Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace process, dies at 83

Europe

Obama slams an absent Trump in eulogy for US civil rights icon John Lewis

Americas

Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Alabama bridge in solemn farewell

Americas

John Lewis, US Congressman and key leader of civil rights movement, dies at 80

Americas

Auditors release scathing report on Facebook's civil rights record

American civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies at 98

Americas

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who inspired the film ‘Hidden Figures’, dies at 101

Americas

US lawmaker and civil rights icon John Lewis has pancreatic cancer

Americas