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LONDON (AP) — An independent report sharply criticized Britain’s Conservative government on Thursday for the way it treated long-term U.K. residents who were wrongly caught up in a government drive to reduce illegal immigration.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A recent surge in white nationalism in the U.S. has led to a growing threat of violence by factions that embrace bloodshed and advocate for a race war, according to a report released Wednesday by an organization that tracks far-right extremists.

Black and Latino Democrats, meanwhile, should close ranks and help the party mend its ideological rift ahead of its national convention.

Some are defending the students on social media, saying they come from a public school unable to recruit international students.

It’s going to take much more than that.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which the Democratic presidential candidate says the way to bring down murder rates is to “put a lot of cops” in minority neighborhoods because that’s where “all the crime is.”

DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump brought African American guests to his State of the Union speech, ran a Super Bowl ad boasting how he’s making the criminal justice system more equitable for black people and portrayed himself as the champion of education and job opportunities for people of color.

SALINE, Mich. (AP) — A public meeting called to address racist social media posts by students at a suburban Detroit high school turned volatile when a white parent asked a Hispanic parent, “Why didn’t you stay in Mexico?”

CHICAGO (AP) — Activist Hoda Katebi rarely takes a break from organizing. As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated in recent weeks, she became even busier.

“We have moved our focus from Jeanine Cummins and American Dirt to the true problem: the canceling of Latinx writers by US publishing,” the statement read.

“Abuela greets me, the chancla hitting my skull like a kiss from my ancestors”

*Pretends to be shocked*

WTF

There’s been a sharp increase in reports of religiously motivated crimes in Rio de Janeiro since 2016, in particular attacks on “terreiros”—the temples of the Candomblé and Umbanda faiths.

“It is unacceptable for a candidate for the Sarasota City Commission to show such insensitivity and such a level of racism,” the letter reads.

Looking ahead to a more fair future in 2020 that does not repeat the acts of hate against Latinos, it is possible to dismantle the wall of hate, one brick at a time.

“I come from poverty, from El Caserío Padre Rivera… It was a world of men, of violence, a place too often not safe for women and girls,” Jaquira Díaz writes in the introduction of her new book.

A letter already signed by over 2,000 people is demanding that the university reconsider.

Invoking a Christian god as the source of political power, while commonplace in many countries, is a departure in Bolivia after Evo Morales’ 14-year tenure.

Brownness is a complex concept and just like the concept, so are Brown people.

The Puerto Rican community is guilty of ignorance against some of the most marginalized in the world.