Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • The second world war fixation gets the US into trouble again
    • North Korea formally drops goal of reuniting with South
    • Trump pauses US plan to guide ships through Strait of Hormuz
    • Can Europe develop an alternative to US Tomahawks?
    • Green Party leader admits he was wrong to claim he was British Red Cross spokesperson
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • The second world war fixation gets the US into trouble again
    • Trump pauses US plan to guide ships through Strait of Hormuz
    • Can Europe develop an alternative to US Tomahawks?
    • The age of the American Pharaoh
    • Apollo chief says retail fund mark-ups ‘make no sense’
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Why the UAE really left Opec
    • UK supermarkets ask competition watchdog to rein in Aldi and Lidl
    • Can Britain’s star tech investor dodge the SaaSpocalypse?
    • Novo Nordisk says US peptide craze boosting Wegovy weight-loss pill sales
    • Apollo chief says retail fund mark-ups ‘make no sense’
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • Can Britain’s star tech investor dodge the SaaSpocalypse?
    • SpaceX to rent data centre capacity to Anthropic
    • Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek nears $45bn valuation
    • Meta plans advanced ‘agentic’ AI assistant for consumers
    • Apple reaches $250mn settlement over delayed ‘AI Siri’
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Bonds
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Asset management
    • Trading
    Most Read
    • Why the UAE really left Opec
    • Can Britain’s star tech investor dodge the SaaSpocalypse?
    • Apollo chief says retail fund mark-ups ‘make no sense’
    • We must be mindful of the risks of private credit
    • KKR at 50: ‘It used to be easy in the old days’
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Why the UAE really left Opec
    • The second world war fixation gets the US into trouble again
    • The age of the American Pharaoh
    • We must be mindful of the risks of private credit
    • Welcome to the Great Hunkering Down
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • The live sellers reinventing sweet shops
    • Where to enjoy asparagus season in London before it disappears
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • CNN’s Amanpour airs concerns for news channel’s independence under Ellison
    • Hot property: five homes for sale in the Basque country
    • Amandaland — a defiantly daft comedy already comfortable in its own skin
    • Bubbles, breast plates and only one Bezos: a recap of the Met Gala carpet
    • Stalin, Putin and the history of poisoned Russian minds
  • How To Spend It
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How To Spend It
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Racial equality

  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Inside Politics
    Anti-racism movement is not ‘muted’ — it has been left to shrink

    Instead of asking more from depleted groups, Westminster should focus on how to rebuild and better resource them

    Sarah Sackman stands beside Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley as he speaks to the media, with police and journalists gathered.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    FT Swamp Notes
    Politics just got even more partisan in the US

    The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court will intensify the fight over redistricting

    Premium content
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Antisemitism
    The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain

    It should be entirely possible to be anti-Israel without sinking to dehumanising language

    Robert Shrimsley
  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2026
    UK employment
    British employers to be required to report ethnicity and disability pay gaps

    Organisations with more than 250 staff will need to publish annual figures and earnings distribution rankings

    Commuters, including a man in a blue suit and a woman in a red jacket, walk among a crowd crossing London Bridge.
  • Friday, 13 March, 2026
    Life & Arts
    Lunch with the FT. Editor Margaret Busby: ‘You choose your battles’

    Britain’s first Black female publisher on reshaping the literary landscape, why editing is like midwifery — and her roll-call of authors, from Roy Heath to James Ellroy

    A watercolour illustration of a smiling bespectacled Black woman wearing a rollneck sweater against a backdrop of purple-tinted bricks.
  • Tuesday, 17 February, 2026
    Jesse Jackson
    Obituary. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader, 1941-2026

    Baptist minister who made two bids for the presidency after working with Martin Luther King

    Reverend Jesse Jackson sits at his desk with hands clasped, surrounded by papers and framed awards in his office.
  • Thursday, 12 February, 2026
    UK immigration
    Ratcliffe ‘sorry’ for offending ‘some people’ with immigration remarks

    Ineos founder has come under pressure to apologise for claim the UK was being ‘colonised’

    Jim Ratcliffe in a suit and tie, looking serious while seated indoors at a conference.
  • Saturday, 7 February, 2026
    Race in the US
    Trump removes racist post about Obamas after fierce backlash

    Lawmakers across the political spectrum condemn clip depicting former president and first lady as apes

    Barack Obama holds a microphone and waves alongside Michelle Obama, who is also waving, as they greet guests at an event.
  • Thursday, 22 January, 2026
    US politics & policy
    The FT View. Trump’s alarming threat to invoke the Insurrection Act

    Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle should oppose deploying the US military to Minneapolis

    The editorial board
    Two federal agents in tactical gear and gas masks move through heavy tear gas during a protest in Minneapolis.
  • Friday, 26 December, 2025
    South Africa
    Black economic empowerment has failed — except on the rugby pitch

    South Africa’s government could learn a great deal about transformation from the success of the Springboks

    David Pilling
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    Food & Beverage
    Campbell’s fires executive who criticised its food in recording

    Vice-president of IT department alleged to have told a former employee the company made food for ‘poor people’

    Several cans of Campbell's condensed chicken noodle soup are arranged in a row, with the front can in sharp focus.
  • Tuesday, 25 November, 2025
    Nigel Farage
    Nigel Farage rejects allegations of teenage racist abuse

    Reform UK leader says he did not make comments about fellow school pupils in ‘hurtful or insulting way’

    Nigel Farage speaks on stage at a rally, gesturing with one hand, in front of a blue background.
  • Thursday, 6 November, 2025
    Special Report
    Diversity Leaders

    800 companies make the seventh annual list; European companies walk a tightrope; GSK’s retreat on diversity targets; long-term focus delivering results for Zalando; investors stand firm against attack; US inclusion specialists face uncertain future; DEI not dead, just reincarnating

    Close-up of several colourful umbrellas overlapping, arranged in bright rainbow-like patterns.
  • Saturday, 18 October, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Massive crowds gather across US for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump

    Republicans decry demonstrations as ‘anti-American’ as people voice opposition to administration’s hardline policies

  • Monday, 6 October, 2025
    US immigration
    Judge blocks Trump order to send National Guard troops to Oregon

    Late-night ruling comes as president steps up military presence in Democrat-run cities

    A protester confronts police and federal officers at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday
  • Sunday, 5 October, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guardsmen in Illinois

    State’s governor calls move ‘un-American’ as president steps up military presence in Democrat-run cities

    A child walks past two members of the National Guard from Mississippi posted in the Washington metro
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Race in the US
    A liberal Chicago suburb is paying reparations — will others follow?

    Evanston set up a fund to compensate Black citizens for residential racism, and has since expanded it

    Patti Waldmeir
    A mural on Litehouse Whole Food Grill shows two smiling people lying down, surrounded by images of dreams, inspiration, and business plans
  • Saturday, 27 September, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump authorises ‘full force’ as he orders troops to ‘war-ravaged’ Portland

    Move to protect immigration enforcement facilities is fourth deployment in Democrat-controlled US cities

  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    US gun violence
    FBI investigating deadly Dallas ICE shooting as targeted violence

    US senator Ted Cruz says incident is another ‘politically motivated’ attack

    Police and emergency vehicles with flashing lights block a road near an ICE facility in Dallas.
  • Monday, 15 September, 2025
    US society
    Chicago and the fight over the National Guard

    Residents debate whether Trump’s threatened deployment would really help bring down violence

    Patti Waldmeir
    Protesters hold a large banner reading "NO TRUMP NO TROOPS" during a demonstration against National Guard deployment in Chicago.
  • Monday, 15 September, 2025
    UK politics
    Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong

    A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model

    Stephen Bush
    Illustration of the deflated and flat figures of Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with a foot pump next to them
  • Thursday, 4 September, 2025
    Banks
    Black applicants twice as likely to be rejected for a US mortgage

    FT analysis finds all ethnic minorities have lower probability of being granted home loans than white counterparts

    A row of modern, multi-story homes with fenced yards in the Issaquah Highlands, bordered by dense forest
  • Thursday, 28 August, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    Lisa Cook, the Fed governor battling Trump

    Economist’s legal showdown with the president will have sweeping implications for US central bank

    Lisa Cook looks upward during her Senate banking committee nomination hearing, wearing a pearl necklace
  • Monday, 4 August, 2025
    UK politics
    The UK’s identity crisis demands a progressive fightback

    Labour must contest the right’s attempt to connect the grievances of ‘white British’ people to those who are not white

    Parth Patel
    Britain First supporters march through Manchester
  • Sunday, 27 July, 2025
    Television
    The Very Online Right has come for Britain too

    New media repackages old fashioned bigotry for the modern age

    Jemima Kelly
    Ben Hickey illustration of a white cup with a tea bag tag with the Union Jack on it and a red capsule pill on its matching white saucer.
Previous page1Next page

Join us at an FT Live event

Discover unmissable flagship events and members only communities to expand your thinking and elevate your career

FT Live
Workplace Excellence Awards
Celebrating diversity, inclusion and equality in UK finance
Thursday, 18 June8 Seymour St, London W1H 7JZ
Explore all events

Useful links

Support

Help CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilityCareersSuppliers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Leaders Academy

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2026. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:International
UK
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Bonds
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Monetary Policy Radar
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Asset management
    • Trading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Puzzles
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
  • How To Spend It
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Schools
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • FT Leaders Academy
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In