Child poverty remains deeply stratified along racial lines. While nearly one in three UK children now live in poverty, the burden falls much more heavily on Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Black, and Asian families. ✍️ @nmozz.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

Next, our editor @nmozz.bsky.social explored the impact of race on child poverty. "The more explicit we are in defining the problem, the better our chance at devising efficient solutions that are genuinely effective in the communities that need them the most." national.thelead.uk/p/child-pove...

The gonorrhoea vaccine should be a major breakthrough, but young Black women are being left out of sexual health policy – with devastating effects.

Half of ethnic minority Brits have reported “negative experiences” in nature because of their racial identity, according to new research shared exclusively with The Lead.

This month, in the vacuum that should be being used to platform Black stories, that space is instead being filled with swelling hostility. Black History Month matters. In fact, it may be more important now than it’s ever been. @nmozz.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/black-hist...

“As dangerous, nationalist ideologies creep closer to the political and cultural mainstream, it has never been more vital to ensure minoritised communities have a voice.” Me for the @theleaduk.bsky.social on our Black History Month coverage: open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

The news story shortlisted is this one on the abhorrent treatment of children in prison during the covid lockdowns, for @theleaduk.bsky.social thelead.uk/dog-kennel-l...

Very powerful stuff from @nmozz.bsky.social. What have we become!?

The Prime Minister declared Britain will “never surrender the flag” to the far-right - but this has already happened, and Starmer is complicit. The racists have been emboldened by this government's own rhetoric - what we saw at the weekend is the consequence open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

The mainstream political class has seamlessly adopted the far-right’s language of fear and othering. The Prime Minister declared Britain will “never surrender the flag” to far-right protesters. But this is exactly what has already happened. ✍️ @nmozz.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/far-right-...

The Nigel Farage-ing of Britain is causing a terrible ripple effect - and families like mine are feeling it | Natalie Morris

After a summer of Farage, flags, and the drip-feeding of cruelty into the public psyche - I'm writing in The Guardian today about what this scary vibe shift means for families like mine who don't fit the increasingly narrow, racialised definition of 'Britishness' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Met plans to use "dangerously inaccurate" LFR at Notting Hill Carnival with no meaningful consent & no clarity on what happens to your data People of colour will feel the worst impacts of disproportionate surveillance first before it seeps outwards into society open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

“We all tell stories through our bodies and we all trap stories in our bodies.” Lanre Malaolu talks to @Nmozz.bsky.social about the importance of the body in his work. Listen now: national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-i...

WHEN IS IT NOT SMALL BOATS WEEK THO?? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 When is it wealth inequality week, eh?? WHEN DOES THAT COME AROUND?

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Why is it controversial to suggest that anti-Black racism is different to other kinds of racism? As @NMozz.bsky.social writes, in the days since Diane Abbott's (poorly worded) comments, we're reminded just how stark anti-Black racism is, especially for women. Read more in today's newsletter ⬇️

All forms of racism are abhorrent, *and* they are experienced differently - for all sorts of reasons. Yet too often, attempts at honest discussion are derailed by a mental block that turns debate into a spiral of defensiveness My latest for @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

ANSWER OUR READER SURVEY🎙️ As we approach the first anniversary of Labour coming into power, we want to know what you think of this government. Use our reader survey to tell us exactly how well you think Labour are doing. Use the ranking system and then add your comments. (Link below )

I really hope legalising assisted dying doesn't come at the cost of improving palliative care. We need both. It's a travesty that hospices are run as charities and not government funded. Everyone deserves to die with dignity and comfort - it is possible and necessary

Can grief unravel you twice? This month's newsletter is all about the second big loss of your life, and how it can feel different - quieter, flatter heavier... open.substack.com/pub/nmozz/p/...

"Increasing free school meals is not the silver bullet that will eradicate child poverty, but it’s a starting point." @nmozz.bsky.social‬ reflects on Labour's decision to extend free school meals to an extra half a million children. national.thelead.uk/p/forget-the...

Another baby has died after living in mouldy social housing. Akram was just 15 weeks old. His desperate parents reached out for help - nothing was done A law to force landlords to act quickly on mould has been delayed. It won't be fully implemented until 2027: open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

It's half a decade since George Floyd was murdered. I can't remember the last time I heard a white person use the word 'ally' open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Care workers have some of the most vital roles in a well functioning, empathetic and morally robust society, yet people in these jobs are underpaid, overworked and undervalued. We won’t solve the social care crisis unless we start valuing caring professions: national.thelead.uk/p/we-wont-so...

My first Mother's Day as a mum. My first without my mum. Wrote this one for all the motherless mothers today 🩷🩷🩷 open.substack.com/pub/nmozz/p/...

"Black women are more likely to die as a result of childbirth than white women. Beliefs that Black bodies can endure more pain coexisting with contradictory views about Black and Brown bodies being defective result in more surveillance but less actual care." national.thelead.uk/p/birth-trau...

There is ANOTHER Windrush Scandal - thousands of Black children were labelled "educationally subnormal" and denied an education in the 1960s/70s This racist policy was not accidental. It was by design. A deliberate undereducation of the Black population

100 years since his birth, Black Brits discuss the enduring legacy of Malcolm X on this side of the pond: “He changed the whole idea of what Blackness was" open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Affecting evening listening to the children of the Windrush generation who were mislabeled as 'educationally subnormal' in the 1960s This was a "state-sanctioned betrayal of Black children" More on this in @theleaduk.bsky.social this weekend - sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

“He changed the whole idea of what Blackness was. Before Malcolm, we didn’t call ourselves Black.” 100 years since his birth, 60 years since his death, Malcolm X's impact continues to be felt in the UK. @nmozz.bsky.social writes for The Lead...

After 9 months of mumming I am officially back @theleaduk.bsky.social today I'll be writing/editing/commissioning for the national publication & I want your pitches I'm after brilliantly researched features on environment/education/culture/inequality, always with a focus on the human story

I lost a baby very early doors (5 weeks) while I was out of the country on holiday. It was an awful experience. I really needed some time to just have a break but felt I couldn't even ask as it "only a chemical". This is long overdue and so welcome. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Wrote about the messiness of anger in grief – and not knowing what to do with all your rage: nmozz.substack.com/p/i-might-be...

Women. Mothers. Postpartum people in your thirties. Please tell me how you returned to competitive sport? I know it can be done! New mums literally win Olympic medals!! What do I need? Weights? Pilates? A new pelvis??

"It's the young who are worst affected by polluted air – their fragile, developing lungs will carry the damage throughout their lives. We cannot allow those most impacted by the problem – and least culpable – to shoulder the burden of enacting change" open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

54 children died of asthma between 2019-2023 - Black children are significantly more likely to be hospitalised because of asthma Our air is toxic - and minoritised communities feel the brunt of the impact. The same people least likely to own a car... open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

"Today, my mother's birthday, is not the day that will destroy me. No, that will happen on a random Tuesday in an unimportant week of an unimportant month – triggered only by the horrific normality of her day-to-day absence" open.substack.com/pub/nmozz/p/...

Truly abysmal goings-on at the Mirror, as reported in Private Eye. Literally holding my head in my hands reading this.

Wow - clinical trials for exa-cel have indicated that the therapy can stop painful sickle cell crises in 96.6% of participants who received the treatment www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Looking to speak to mums (of babies, toddlers and bigger kids) who have unusual/adapted sleeping arrangements because of their kids - for an article on motherhood and sleep DM or comment if this is you! #JournoRequest #PRrequest #Motherhood #parenting

Improving parental leave is one thing that could result in both economic growth and people feeling "better off", as in, their lives feel fairer, more grounded, more equal. It also gives off an impression that Labour understands the everyday stressors of working people. Seems a no-brainer to me

as the Assisted Dying bill is passed by Legislative Council it's vital the debate doesn't ignore the crisis in end-of-life care. The two issues are intricately linked The deficit of the hospice sector for 2024/25 is *£60m*. We can't talk about one without the other open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

42% of all births in the UK last year were by C-section - of 225,755 caesareans only 25% were elective It is WILD how unprepared I was for the possibility of an emergency C-section when clearly it was a pretty likely outcome. Let's prepare pregnant women better!! app.stylist.co.uk/im-still-tra...

“There is an overlap between some manosphere narratives, in particular incel beliefs, and extreme rightwing ideology including racist narratives. Globalisation and multiculturalism… are often blamed as factors in incels’ celibacy.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"'Time heals'. We say this to grievers because we want to rush them through their pain... I don’t want to feel hurried. I want the space to sit with my pain, to sink into it, to press my finger deep into the bruise and let the hurt spread itself through me." open.substack.com/pub/nmozz/p/...