The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

Why do the right’s Henry Nowak protests look like a party? Distasteful as it is, they’re having fun

Booze, laughter and football chants: the British right are relishing what they see as their George Floyd moment, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9

'You're Wrong': UK Deputy PM David Lammy Confronts JD Vance Over Migrant Comments on Teen's Murder

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told JD Vance 'you're wrong' during a phone call over comments linking the murder of teenager Henry Nowak to mass migration. Lammy stressed that the killer is British-born and urged Vance not to politicise the case.

International Business Times UK · Jun 8

‘Racist mindsets’: Congolese in Ireland feel fear in wake of Yves Sakila’s death

After a death in Dublin with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostility

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7

This Was the Moment the COVID-19 Experts Betrayed Us

A special six-year anniversary.

Reason · Jun 4

'I can’t breathe': Why Henry Nowak's fatal stabbing by a Sikh man could become British Right's 'Black Lives Matter'

Like most memes that go viral on social media, it’s derivative and reductive, like a Yuval Harari offering. Whether it’s raining, how one reports said rain, and how one explains why it’s raining depends upon one’s availability heuristic, political leanings, scientific understanding, and even theological beliefs, or lack thereof.

The Times of India · Jun 4

An unfinished reckoning with police violence: Community data shows ongoing systemic racism

It’s been roughly six years since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a global conversation about anti-Black police violence and the excessive use of police force against Black and Indigenous communities.

The Conversation · Jun 3

How the death of Yves Sakila exposes Ireland’s deeply rooted racism problem

Fatally restrained by security guards outside a Dublin department store, Congolese-born Sakila’s demise raises serious questions about accountability

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3

UK government condemns riot over teen's stabbing death

A British minister blames activists for stirring up violence over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying and his killer stood nearby.

AAP · Jun 3

Losing support to Restore, Farage seizes a golden opportunity to bring racists back into the fold

Mark Nowak had asked for his son’s murder not to be used to spread division. But Nige is just not the kind of guy to miss out

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2

Why researchers may be getting mental health inequalities wrong

More than five years after the murder of George Floyd forced institutions to confront racial injustice, it is worth asking what has actually changed. As an associate professor of forensic psychology, I’ve been considering this question in relation to research – in particular, how universities produce knowledge about the communities…

The Conversation · Jun 2