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Deborah Hill Cone: Let's turn focus to women's pay

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Police made city 'toxic' for blacks

America's top law enforcement official has delivered a scathing denunciation of the police department in Ferguson, the St Louis suburb at the centre of violent race protests last year, as a....

High-stakes battle against Isis for Tikrit

Fighting began in the key central Iraqi city of Tikrit, birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein, as government forces and Shia militia launched a major assault to displace Isis jihadists.

Racist chant suspects identified

Chelsea fan to explain to police

A director of an international human rights organisation has admitted he was involved in preventing a black French man from entering a Paris underground train amid racist chanting by Chelsea football fans.

'You guys used to be slaves'

A video of a woman who appears to tell a passenger that his ancestors "used to be slaves" during an argument on the London Underground is being investigated by police.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Gender divide no child's play

Society still expects women to behave like women and men to behave like men, and accept the benefits and disadvantages our genders are entitled to, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

'I am labelled a terrorist'

"I am a Muslim. I am labelled as a terrorist. I trust you. Do you trust me? Give me a hug." And with that, Mustafa Mawla waited for someone to hug him.

Lesbians earn more than straight women

Lesbians earn significantly more than their heterosexual colleagues while gay men earn less, according to a World Bank study.

'Wow, you can actually drive'

She's the first female driver in Formula One for 20 years - and the sexism she's encountered just doesn't seem to stop.

Sydney twitter hashtag goes viral

As the Sydney siege threatens to open up old prejudices, hashtag #illridewithyou has led a call for unity.

Walk with sense of purpose

In a strong display of unity after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the relatives of African Americans killed by officers in similar incidents dating back more than a....

Big public service pay gap

The number of women in senior leadership roles in the public service has inched up but female leaders are still being paid 8 per cent less than their male colleagues.

Chokehold death sparks more protests

Demonstrations broke out in New York City yesterday after a grand jury declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man.

Black man stopped for hands in pockets

A black man in the US was stopped in the street by a white police officer because he was walking with his hands in his pockets.

The danger of growing up black

Black America has again been reminded that its children are not seen as worthy of being alive - in part because they are not seen as children at all, but as threats to white lives.