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The old dictum that the press promotes the views of those who own and support it was as true during slavery and apartheid as it is now.
The killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir on April 22 has triggered a sharp escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals dangerously close to open conflict.
Most recent debates center on how much attention should be given to the history of the nation’s accomplishments over its darker chapters.
The custom of mailing printed Christmas cards in the 19th century was a product of the industrial revolution. It was influenced by older British holiday traditions − some entirely fictional.
The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to claim a meaningful victory.
Resistance from the residents of informal settlements against housing evictions is not a new thing in Lagos, Nigeria.
Thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps, and the British imperialist government tried to cover up brutal violations that occurred there.
The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
The visit will acknowledge the more painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s colonial history.
Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
In the early 1960s, British and American diplomats conspired to establish a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest atoll of the Chagos Archipelago.
Hollywood movies have long leaned into colonial representations of the tropics: imagined as romantic palm-fringed coasts full of abundance, but also scary places full of pestilence and primitiveness.
Blighty is in the shop window like never before. And it needs a makeover.
The story of the album, which was released 40 years ago, is a classic tale of how bands struggle with unchecked egos and competing visions.
Like today’s Western women who joined ISIS and now want to return home, American women with British sympathies during the Revolution left the country – but many tried to bring their families back.
British is an imperial term, not a national one.
Since 1997, the ways people in the UK define their nationality has rapidly changed.
U.S. President Trump’s former attorney revealed some ugly racist things his client has said. One of them - once again - speaks of “shit-hole” countries. We need to counter this false idea.
It is important to understand that African diaspora constitute complex and multiplicitous identities.
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