Being racially profiled as a Black person is not uncommon. Only last week Edward Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, said he was racially profi

We all know her name. We all recognise her face. We all remember her defining feature: the coloboma in her right eye. When 3-year old Madeleine McCann went

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest child of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Mandela, died on Sunday at the age of 59. Mandela was S

Every time a Black woman hits my timeline with yet another horrifying account of workplace racism, images of my own rush to my head.

Today, Sunday 14th June, marks three years since the profoundly tragic Grenfell Tower fire which claimed the lives of 72 people. More than 70 other people

What a week this has been, as people keep saying in earnest on Twitter and Instagram. Yes, a lot has happened but are we really surprised? The pandemic whi

People are protesting across the United States as well as globally in the UK, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, France, Italy, Syria and Brazil, demanding cha

White people talk about how they can't wait for things to "get back to normal." But the past two months have shown "normal" still includes the murder of Bl

Thousands of activists have taken part in anti-racism protests in London and Manchester this weekend in a show of solidarity with Black Lives Matter demons

When Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that schools in the UK would shut from Friday 20th March, it was a telltale sign that coronavirus, the illness

The public health crisis caused by coronavirus has had far-reaching implications for other “non-essential” health services, including delays an

The effects of the coronavirus crisis on medical and healthcare services have been far-reaching, with treatment or testing deemed non-essential being cance

Being in a couple where one of you is in prison isn’t easy. Under ordinary circumstances, there’s the pain of separation and the logistics of negotiati

“You never forget that moment you put on your gown and walk into the ward,” an NHS Nightingale nurse tells me. “You think, Holy crap, I c

“I’ve had three periods in 28 days and I haven’t been able to afford sanitary products. I’ve not used anything,” 20-year-old

UPDATE: Some (sort of) good news if you live in Ontario or Quebec. This week, both provinces announced plans to reopen their economies — eventually. In Q