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Hip-Hop at 50: What next for the music of resistance?
https://the-latest.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide_b/public/field/image/Hip-Hop-history-grammys-020523.jpg?itok=zqoRhKFqAs the sun sets on another US Black History Month, an anniversary of global significance was quietly commemorated that deserves so much more international recognition. In 2023, hip-hop, arguably...
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"Britain's unjust law disproportionately affecting Black offenders"
https://the-latest.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide_b/public/field/image/0_Prisoner-behind-prison-bars.jpg?itok=-lF9q0BxHundreds of Black prisoners remain unjustly jailed indefinitely as a result of a law which was scrapped over a decade ago. One man who had an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) order...
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Charities condemn sharp rise in UK homelessness
https://the-latest.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide_b/public/field/image/4k-wallpaper-afterglow-blur-1236701-e1551874657472-1920x1280.jpg?itok=GNWranaBFigures for people sleeping rough in England has risen for the first time since 2017, in what campaigners have branded a “massive, collective failure” by authorities. Some 3,069 people are...
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Government threat to your British citizenship
https://the-latest.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide_b/public/field/image/UPDATE-ON-BREXIT-AND-WHAT-IT-MEANS-FOR-NON-EEA-FAMILY-MEMBERS-OF-BRITISH-CITIZENS-EXERCISING-THEIR-EU-TREATY-RIGHTS-IN-IRELAND.jpg?itok=HR52MHMWConfusion has arisen around the British government’s own understanding of its citizenship laws, following a judgment by the UK’s high court. In a ruling handed down on January 20 2023, in the...
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