Exclusive: These awards are the first to focus solely on Black healthcare professionals of the Caribbean or African diaspora for significant contributions to the field
Exclusive: Missing People, the charity, has published a groundbreaking new report highlighting experiences of Black children who have previously gone missing and their loved ones.
Exclusive: head of Royal College of Midwives blames ‘institutional racism’ as black women face greater risk of death and stillbirth Family accuse hospital of ‘negligence …
The 31-year-old ‘Doctor Who’ star has swapped one sci-series for another, and is now playing a delivery man turned superhero in Netflix’s new action-packed drama …
South Africa-born painter Gavin Jantjes says institutions tried to buy work they ignored decades earlier British arts institutions deployed “kneejerk” and “stopgap” responses in the …
The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent …
Lilian Seenoi-Barr, who arrived from Kenya in 2010, will make history when she receives chain of office in Derry Lilian Seenoi-Barr will make history on …
Every royal family is plagued by scandalous skeletons in the closet. Helen Coffey looks at the regal rebels whose soap opera-worthy behaviour should give King Charles …
Exclusive: Reversal comes after backlash from students and writers including Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo Goldsmiths, University of London, will keep its Black British literature course …
Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers …
The 2024 Met Gala prompted a plethora of looks with biotic cues and historic silhouettes, Kaleigh Werner writes. But in general, the looks formed more …
The shocking incident was captured on video last week, and showed a white student, a counter-protestor, jumping up and down, hooting like a monkey toward …
Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England figures highlights structural inequalities and cultural attitudes to mental health, expert says ‘Stark disparities’: why black mothers are more at …
In The Independent post room, there’s always a tower of beauty products addressed to our Fashion and Beauty editor, Lauren Cunningham. Watch her unbox new …
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman
In 1976, Truman Capote published a short story in ‘Esquire’ that destroyed his friendships with New York’s elite and damaged his literary reputation. As a …
The director and stars Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan and Jack O’Connell talk to Craig McLean about auditioning, shooting in Camden, and why we shouldn’t be …
More than 800 performers sign letter of solidarity after Francesca Amewudah-Rivers was targeted online More than 800 predominantly Black female and non-binary actors have signed …
Exclusive: Speaking to The Independent’s Nadine White, Simeon Green and Precious warns that a lethal combination of ineffective medical care, distrust in healthcare systems and …
Black and ethnic ambulance staff twice as likely to suffer discrimination, report reveals, as a third of NHS staff overall face bullying and harassment.
The UK knows ‘shockingly little’ about Black British history. And more than half the population could not name any Black British historical figures at all. …