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Black Lives Matter

Art gallery pictured in the $40 million luxury underground bunker.

Company unveil $40 million doomsday bunker - complete with art gallery

Xahra Saleem leaves Bristol Magistrates Court where she pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud.

Black Lives Matter protest organiser denies stealing tens of thousands

Business leaders need to embrace inclusion and diversity, and measure it more, says the CIPD (stock image). Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Nearly half of UK employers have no official inclusion and diversity strategy

Xahra Saleem, one of the co-founders of the All Black Lives Bristol movement who was also named among 30 of the most influential under-30s by Rife Magazine last year, will appear before Bristol Magistrates’ Court in January charged with two counts of fraud by abuse of position.

Organiser of Black Lives Matter protest charged with fraud

Protesters gather in support of the Black Lives Matter and Black Voices Matter movements in central Leeds on June 14, 2020 in the aftermath of the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police custody in the US. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Repairing the damage of our colonial legacy - Saranel Benjamin

Boris Johnson promoted a right-wing conspiracy theory by talking of a woke ‘Deep State’ that might be plotting to undermine Brexit (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Joyce McMillan: Tories are 'anti-woke' because they want to keep public asleep

The Melville Monument in Edinburgh was previously targeted by protesters. Picture: Urquhart Media/BBC

Members of slave trade legacy group 'fear for safety' if identities made public

Hannah Lavery

Ones to watch in 2022: Hannah Lavery, writer

Richa Okhandiar-MacDougall, Senior Administrator at Converge and Art Psychotherapy MSc Student, Queen Margaret University

Striving to achieve real equality in society - Richa Okhandiar-MacDougall

Scottish Ballet will be launching its new production of The Nutcracker next month. Picture: Nicola Selby

Scottish Ballet to make changes to The Nutcracker after anti-racism review

Scots Nigerian rapper Bemz says he never experienced racism until he moved to Scotland and says he fears for the future treatment of his baby daughter. PIC: Andy Low.

Black History Month: 'I never knew what racism was until I moved to Scotland'

Major moments from modern history have been reimagined as ‘ancient’ cave art

Players take the knee against racism before the UEFA EURO 2020 Group D football match between England and Scotland at Wembley Stadium (Getty Images)

This is why footballers take the knee - and what the gesture means

16 books to learn about racism and inequality within the UK and US

Erin near Temple Lochwinnoch on the Castle Semple estate. Picture: John Devlin

Schoolgirl's campaign to banish legacy of Scots slave trader

The 27-year-old mother-of-three was found with life-threatening injuries on Sunday (23 May) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Five men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of Black Lives Matter activis...

Sasha Johnson pictured in August speaking during the Million People March in London (PA).

Sasha Johnson: who is Black Lives Matter activist shot in Peckham?

Sasha Johnson was found with life-threatening injuries in Southwark, London, on Sunday (23 May) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Black Lives Matter activist in critical condition after being shot in the head i...

A new solo show by Turner-prize co-winning artist Alberta Whittle will be staged at Jupiter Artland.

Black Lives Matter, Covid and climate crisis inspire art festival shows

Controversial: The Great Gatsby

Edinburgh schools racism report calls for 'decolonisation' of the curriculum

The David Hume Tower has been renamed 40 George Square

Edinburgh University launches review of buildings linked to racism and slavery

Some Scotland and England team members chose to kneel and others did not ahead of their Six Nations match at Twickenham. (Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images)

What Scotland team kneeling row says about modern world – Martyn McLaughlin

Nicola Sturgeon congratulates Scottish rugby team as she responds to take the knee debate

Nicola Sturgeon responds to Scottish rugby take the knee row

Some players stand and others take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of the Six Nations rugby union match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium in south west London on February 6, 2021. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland rugby chiefs say players back racism fight 'in the way they see fit'

A laser show replaced the usual New Years Eve firework display by Tower Bridge due to the coronavirus restrictions on January 1, 2021 in London

BBC receives 500 complaints about Hogmanay fireworks display programme

Lewis Hamilton has been awarded a knighthood for services to motorsport in the New Year's Honours List. Picture: David Davies/PA Wire

Lewis Hamilton awarded knighthood after pressure on the Prime Minister

Police in Northern Ireland have apologised for their actions during Black Lives ...

Fergus Linehan is director of the Edinburgh International Festival. Picture: Alistair Linford

Festival admits it has 'huge amount of work to do' on diversity

Fergus Linehan is director of the Edinburgh International Festival. Picture: Alistair Linford

Festival admits it has 'huge amount of work to do' on diversity

Lewis Hamilton will stay in Formula 1 to fight against racism and climate change

The government has released a report on racism in the UK - here's what it found

Members of the Dallas Cowboys on the sidelines during playing of the National Anthem before the start of an NFL game on Sunday

Why sport matters in this US election - Grant Jarvie

Picture: Urquhart Media

Family of Scottish politician say he has been treated like a 'mass murderer'

A statue of Henry Dundas, the 18th and early 19th-century politician blamed by many for delaying the end of the slave trade (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

In debate over statues, beware sinister forces – Scotsman comment

The increasing extent of wildfires in the western United States, like this one in Healdsburg, California, last year, have been linked to climate change by scientists (Picture: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Ethical finance can help deliver a 'Marshall Plan for the planet' – Omar Shaikh

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe in Tokyo.

Lord Coe speaks on athletes taking a knee on Olympic podium

The then First Minister Jack McConnell meets Malawian and Scottish children at Minga Secondary School, Malawi, which is twinned with a school in Orkney, in 2005 (Picture: Donald MacLeod/The Scotsman/Pool/PA.

How Black Lives Matter can help humanity work together – Susan Dalgety

Black Lives Matter protesters hang their banners on the fence of Holyrood Palace. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

National Library of Scotland addresses ‘silences’ in wake of Black Lives Matters

Racist remarks by the 18th-century philosopher David Hume have come under attack amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, but he was also heavily criticised at the time (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Hume's racism was attacked by 18th-century contemporary – Dr Robin Mills

Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police officers in her own home (Getty Images)

What happened to Breonna Taylor?

A poster hangs from the statue of the 18th Century philosopher David Hume on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, following a Black Lives Matter protest rally in June (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Edinburgh University is wrong about David Hume – Kenny MacAskill

Members of the Govanhill Youth Group in front of the new mural they helped design. .

Black Lives Matter mural designed by Glasgow youth group

The David Hume Tower has been renamed 40 George Square.

University criticised for renaming David Hume building over racist 'distress'

The David Hume tower will be renamed 40 George Square.

Edinburgh University renames David Hume tower over racist comments

In the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, some level of awareness about diversity is emerging in wider society (Picture: John Devlin)

Talking about an inclusive social enterprise community is not enough

Peggy McIntosh who popularised the term, wrote "I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group." Pictured: A young protester at a Black Lives Matter protest in Swindon.

What is the definition of white privilege? And why it's often misunderstood

Annie George at the launch of the Shedinburgh Festival

Annie George on post-Covid theatre: "It’s people that need help, not buildings"

(Photo: CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)

Patriotic songs Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory may be banned from the...

Images Jamal Yussuff-Adelakun created with his daughter, Lola, form part of the Black Lives Matter Mural Trail

Art reviews: Black Lives Matter Mural Trail | Susan Macintosh

Donald Trump takes on former vice-president Joe Biden in the race the become US President (Getty Images)

Here are the nominees for the next US presidency - and their chances of winning

Christina Sinclair has been unveiled as the new director of Edinburgh World Heritage.

Edinburgh to confront slavery past in new public art

Mara Menzies performs a vivid, straight-to-camera tale called Consequence

Fringe of Colour review: "Stunning, vivid, inspirational"

(Photo: AP)

What is a Karen? Here's why the term became popular

Anthony Walker (TOHEEB JIMOH), Katherine (JULIA BROWN)

Aidan Smith on TV: Anthony is a daring drama the likes of which I’ve never seen

Tommy Robinson claims he has been forced to leave the UK (Getty Images)

This is why far-right leader Tommy Robinson has left the UK

Connor Goldson takes the knee before Rangers' pre-season friendly with Motherwell. Picture: SNS.

SPFL board to make decision this week on taking a knee

The Scotsman Top Stories

First Minister Humza Yousaf during a visit to Castlebrae Community Campus in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scottish Government misses huge target pledged by Yousaf as waiting times rise

The first deals struck by the UK post-Brexit will come into force on Wednesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scotland’s producers deserve better than ‘rushed through’ UK trade deals

Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, 30 May 2023.

13 pictures of Bruce Springsteen’s Edinburgh gig – and the full setlist