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Trump’s cannabis reform would revolutionise US policy. Just don’t expect the ‘war on drugs’ to end

Rescheduling marijuana might seem an unlikely move for a Republican president – but it perfectly coheres with his ‘America First’ worldview, says academic Kojo Koram

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Wednesday briefing: How to fight the right on reparations – and ‘rewire’ the architecture of inequality

In this weeks newsletter: Many paint reparations as impossible, unprecedented, even absurd – world experts tell a different story

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From Washington to Westminster, the populist right needs to erase history to succeed. It’s up to us to resist

Removing ‘divisive’ Smithsonian exhibits, Farage’s ‘patriotic’ curriculum: this is where the unpicking of the 20th century liberal order begins, says academic Kojo Koram

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In Hong Kong, my daughter was dazzled by futuristic tech – and I glimpsed the world she’ll grow up in

When I was young, Britain felt like the apex of global civilisation. But as power migrates to autocracies, our belief in democracy seems complacent, says Kojo Koram, a teacher at Birkbeck School of Law

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At last, Britain has a legal drug consumption room – thanks to one man’s civil disobedience

Former heroin addict Peter Krykant set up a safe consumption van during Covid, at great personal cost. But his sacrifice paved the way for real change, says Birkbeck’s Kojo Koram

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It’s time for Britain to acknowledge the need for slavery reparations

Letters: Alan Tanner suggests a way forward in terms of compensation figures. Plus letters from Jocelyn Robson, Zaki Cooper and Terry Fulton

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Here’s what Keir Starmer gets wrong about reparations: we’ve made them before, but now we have to do it right

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

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I brought my daughter to Southport last week to see my beloved home town. Then it was torn apart by violence

It was far from a post-racist utopia when I was growing up, but the far right got it very wrong when it targeted Merseyside, says academic Kojo Koram

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Britain’s reputation as the home of the ‘rule of law’ is in tatters. Labour can fix it with these three pledges

Legalising cannabis, removing racial bias from convictions and reforming legal aid will help repair the damage of Tory misrule, says lecturer Kojo Koram

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Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy review – looks like he’s blown his chance of an OBE

According to the comedian’s hilarious new show, the royals are a crime syndicate we should throw molotov cocktails at – or replace with a constitution. That’s how you tell truth to power!

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Those who tore down Colston’s statue helped lead us to the truth about slavery and the monarchy

BLM protesters in Bristol were accused, in 2020, of ‘erasing history’. Now we know they have flooded it with light, says law lecturer Kojo Koram

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The NHS can prescribe medical cannabis. So why are desperate patients being forced to go private?

The government changed the law but failed to make these products truly accessible – except via expensive private providers, says Dr Kojo Koram of Birkbeck’s School of Law

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It’s not ‘wokery’ or snowflakes strangling free expression in universities – it’s the Conservative party

Students and academics know cancelling speakers is trivial compared with the structural collapse in tertiary education, says academic Kojo Koram

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What one change would you make to achieve black equality in Britain? Our panel writes

Updating the school curriculum, creating an anti-racist politics … there is a pathway to a fairer and more equal society, say Lenny Henry, Diane Abbott and others

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Britain is learning a painful lesson: what happens in ‘emerging markets’ could also happen here

The UK thought it would be protected from the volatility seen in ‘developing’ countries. Now, cracks are beginning to appear, says law lecturer Kojo Koram

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British drugs policy is punitive and contradictory. And now it’ll go backwards

While other countries are abandoning a failed ‘war on drugs’, in its final days the Johnson administration is doubling down, says academic Kojo Koram

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Teaching the ‘benefits’ of the British empire is just another attempt to stoke the culture war

The legacy of empire still shapes the world. But Kemi Badenoch’s plan will ensure that ignorance reigns over this, says Kojo Koram, law lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London

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