News & Views ‘I demand change now’: 16-year-old tennis star Coco Gauff delivers powerful protest speech Coco Gauff said she’s been having “tough conversations with friends” and will always use her platform to spread awareness.
News & Views The family of Aboriginal teen violently arrested call for police officer to be charged The family of an Aboriginal boy who was violently arrested by a police officer in Surry Hills this week want the constable involved charged.
News & Views Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame Many people on this continent know more about police and prison violence in the US, another settler colony, than the same violence that happens here.
Ed's Blog Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta’s mayor, is the leader America needs Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former lawyer, judge and mum of four has emerged as ‘the face and the voice’ of the Democrats in recent days.
News & Views The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality The protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations, writes Clare Corbould.
News & Views In that country we are murdered. In this country we are shamed. Why is it? In that country we are murdered. In this country we are shamed. Why is it? A poem by Hibo Khalif, a 17 year old High School student in Melbourne.
News & Views Outrage & despair without doing anything is cheap As a white middle-class woman living in suburban Sydney in 2020 my privilege has never felt more ostentatious. Outrage – without action – is cheap.
News & Views Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest Vigils and protests against police brutality were organized in Minneapolis and around the US after footage of George Floyd’s being killed was shared.
News & Views Campaigns to call out racism against Asians in Australia Campaigns against the growing racism against Asian Australians are being unleashed across the country following a spike in coronavirus-related attacks.
News & Views McDonald’s parts ways with franchisee after racist video emerges McDonald’s quickly condemned the behaviour of a franchisee who was filmed allegedly verbally abusing a neighbor over his Indigenous heritage.
News & Views The problem when Young LNP members think nothing of posting racist videos online Gold Coast Young LNP chair Barclay McGain was seen laughing at a racist comment made by a schoolie in a video posted to Facebook.
News & Views For Indigenous women, the #MeToo movement is a deeper fight against racism, power & oppression The representations we see of Indigenous women in Australia need to reflect success and excellence not only disadvantage.