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Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery

Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

Caribbean divided as Netherlands mulls slavery apology

Dutch colonizers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other goods that built wealth at the price of misery

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

How ‘Kindred’ brought Octavia Butler’s time travel and slavery story to FX

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Actress Mallori Johnson first encountered the work of writer Octavia Butler when she read “Fledgling,” a novel about a young Black vampire. It was the summer before she left home for the Julliard School in New York City.

The Orange County Register · Dec 16, 2022

‘Why do we have to see that?’: Willow Smith reacts as father Will brings out real-life slavery devices on Red Table Talk

Will Smith stars as newly freed slave Peter in historical thriller ‘Emancipation’

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

As a Black American, I say the UK needs new thinking on race. The royals could lead that

The monarchy’s link to slavery is glossed over in Britain. William and Harry have a chance to do better, says author and academic Keith Magee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022

Netherlands set to formally apologise for 250 years of slavery

The apology is expected to redress how the Dutch exploited more than 600,000 people.

Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2022

Rishi Sunak: I’ll clear asylum backlog by 2023

Rishi Sunak did something unusual today. Not the ‘sounding tough on immigration’ thing that politicians of all stripes do, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. He volunteered a target and a date.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022

Rishi Sunak’s immigration announcement in full

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The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

How poetry can help address the climate crisis

I want to leap up at the three-nation parley In Whitehorse, Yukon, to warn them the radionuclides absorbed from the lichen they live on may kill them if they don’t drown in droves in crossings flooded out by hydroelectric stations, or slowly starve to death behind oil pipelines that posit…

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2022

Study on how the Highlands benefitted from slavery is named Scottish Book of the Year

DAVID Alston’s Slaves And Highlanders: Silenced Histories Of Scotland And The Caribbean was named as Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year at…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 9, 2022