Urban Life
Writer and broadcaster Darcus Howe’s commentary on race and society in Britain
Articles in urban life
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Our youngsters don't need these saviours
- Darcus Howe
- 15 May 2008
As inter-necine strife is at its most vicious when it is nearing its end, I am sure we are on the cusp of a new era
Celebrate new immigrants
- Darcus Howe
- 01 May 2008
- 5 comments
On International Workers' Day, we need to extend our hands across nations, instead of greeting the new immigrants with fists and hobnail boots
Was Powell right? Of course not
- Darcus Howe
- 17 April 2008
- 3 comments
When Powell delivered his speech, Europe was awash with revolutionary zeal. Thousands of young Europeans rose in revolt
Hot-headed murders
- Darcus Howe
- 03 April 2008
- 1 comment
Few murders are committed for financial gain. Hardly any are conflicts over the spoils of drug sales or robberies. They are usually committed over some petty argument
Citizens don't need Goldsmith's report
- Darcus Howe
- 19 March 2008
- 4 comments
Lord Goldsmith's hapless citizenship review is trite and without substance
Cameron's Ministry of Cohesion
- Darcus Howe
- 06 March 2008
- 4 comments
A new concoction is at hand: so many Asians per square mile, with dollops of blacks (Africans and Caribbeans) thrown in, and the majority of whites at the top
Violence stalks the Caribbean
- Darcus Howe
- 21 February 2008
- 5 comments
We need some international body, perhaps Unesco, to throw its weight behind a Caribbean-wide rescue operation
Stop-and-search was never the answer
- Darcus Howe
- 07 February 2008
- 3 comments
Why I will be voting for Ken
- Darcus Howe
- 24 January 2008
- 20 comments
I have never before, during all my time in the capital city, witnessed such a vicious and sustained campaign against a politician
What Obama means to black Britons
- Darcus Howe
- 10 January 2008
- 27 comments
Obama represents the most advanced stage in the development of American blacks
