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Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

We are at a crossroads as capitalism potentially reduces us to little more than stimulators of machines
How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
Books

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
human trafficking and modern slavery protesters
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

Enslaved Africans put the 'great' in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance
Oku Ekpenyon

Enslaved Africans put the 'great' in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: 'When are Black people not in dire straits?'
Danielle Deadwyler as Berniece and John David Washington as Boy Willie in The Piano Lesson
Film

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler: 'When are Black people not in dire straits?'

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean
Eleanor Shearer

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she's speaking out to help others
Modern slavery

Modern slavery survivor Ilja was sex trafficked for years. Now she's speaking out to help others

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'
David Olusoga
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'

Samira Ahmed: Even high seas pirates can cut through whitewashing
Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed: Even high seas pirates can cut through whitewashing

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