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Home Office ‘failed to heed my warnings on immigration bill’ says departing anti-slavery tsar

Exclusive: In her final interview as independent anti-slavery commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton tells The Independent the government’s asylum overhaul has been driven by ‘political calculation’ and the fight against modern slavery in Britain is ‘not what it was’ under Boris Johnson and Priti Patel

The Independent UK

Nationality and Borders Act becomes law: five key changes explained

At almost the last minute before the parliamentary session ended, after months of pushback from the House of Lords and despite vehement protests from those supporting refugees and migrants, the UK government has succeed in introducing the Nationality and Borders Act.

The Conversation

How Christian nationalism warped America

Scholar Samuel Perry says the myth of a "Christian nation" has distorted American history from 1690 to Trump

Salon

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Poets invited to share work at pop-up exhibition in Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building

A series of pop-up exhibitions have been announced for the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building

Liverpool Echo

Royal tours to Caribbean ‘should be scrapped unless they address justice’

Edward and Sophie’s Jubilee trip was met with demands for reparations over slavery, and followed William and Kate’s controversial overseas visit.

The Independent UK

Johns Hopkins University revises language about founder’s ties to slavery

BALTIMORE — Sixteen months after making global headlines with an announcement that founder Johns Hopkins owned slaves, Johns Hopkins University has updated a biography of the 19th-century business tycoon on its website, revising the language in what a university official described as “minor edits” to the information about Hopkins’ relationship…

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Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues

Harriet Tubman was barely 5 feet tall and didn’t have a dime to her name.

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Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved

In Harvard’s pledge to atone for its ties to slavery, it identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the university’s first leaders and faculty members

The Independent UK

Why Wendy’s is the source of unrest among US farm workers

Fast food chain under pressure to join the Fair Food Program as several cases of what has been called modern day slavery on farms show the need for corporations to end these abuses

The Guardian - US

Protesters demand apology from Queen in demo as Wessexes visit Saint Lucia

One protester said: ‘We want reparations now. The Queen of England needs to apologise for slavery.’

The Independent UK

Princess Eugenie unveils new anti-slavery podcast amid royal backlash in Caribbean

The new endeavour by the Anti-Slavery Collective, founded by the royal and her friend, will feature guests ‘helping to combat modern slavery’

The Independent UK

First Thing: crisis talks in Europe as Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria

Kremlin accused of blackmail while Gazprom claims supply halted because of failure to pay in roubles. Plus, Santa takes on Sarah Palin

The Guardian - UK

Delhi's 'Muhammadpur' is now 'Madhavpuram', announces BJP

NEW DELHI: The BJP leaders on Wednesday attended a ceremony to rename South Delhi's 'Muhammadpur' village to 'Madhavpuram', saying the locals did not want to associate themselves with any "symbol of slavery".

The Times of India

Harvard pledges $100 million to address its historical ties to slavery

Harvard University is earmarking $100 million to study and make amends for its history of and ties to slavery, as well as the perpetuation of racist eugenics by some of its past faculty. The school’s president, Lawrence S. Bacow, announced the fund in a letter on Tuesday.

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Al Jazeera

Harvard University acknowledges slavery ties, sets up $100M reparations fund

Report by oldest US university lays out history of slavery on campus and its role in perpetuating racial oppression.

The Independent UK

Harvard pledges $100 million to atone for role in slavery

Harvard University is vowing to spend $100 million to research and atone for its ties with slavery

Axios

Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery

"Harvard benefited from and in some ways perpetuated practices that were profoundly immoral."

The Independent UK

Modern slavery backlash fears slow British company disclosures, regulator says

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sampled 100 reports of major companies

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PM of Antigua and Barbuda tells Edward and Sophie his country wants become a republic

'Our civilisation should understand the atrocities that took place during colonialism and slavery'

The Independent UK

Antigua and Barbuda PM tells Prince Edward and Sophie that Britain should pay slavery reparations

The Earl and Countess of Wessex were urged by the nation’s leader to use their ‘diplomatic influence’ to achieve ‘reparatory justice’ for the island

The Independent UK

Edward and Sophie touch down on latest Caribbean stop

The Earl and Countess of Wessex arrived in Antigua and Barbuda after warnings to avoid “phony sanctimony” over slavery.

The Independent UK

Prince Edward and Sophie mocked for ‘tone-deaf’ gift of a signed photo to St Lucia leader

Some commentators have condemned the Wessexes’ gesture as ‘narcissistic’, ‘tone-deaf’ and ‘insulting’ with claims that their present would ‘make a lovely ash tray’

Daily Mirror

Prince Edward and Sophie met with 'end to colonialism' protests on Caribbean tour

Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, faced demonstrators demanding compensation and an "end to colonialism" as they arrived at Government House in St Vincent and the Grenadines

The Guardian - UK

Slavery protesters target royal tour in St Vincent

Duke and Duchess of Wessex met with a frosty welcome amid demands for reparations

The Independent UK

Slavery reparations campaigner ‘disappointed’ at royal Grenada trip cancellation

Campaigners have renewed calls for slavery reparations as the Earl and Countess of Wessex postpone trip to Grenada on Caribbean tour.

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