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March 29, 2024

United States
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.

The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.

May 9, 2024

Nigeria
Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is pictured smiling at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.

September 10, 2019

Namibia
The $400,000 Death of a Namibian Black Rhino

Nobody who cares about Africa’s wildlife can like a September 9 New York Times headline, “Hunter Seeks to Import Parts of Rare Rhino He Paid $400,000 to Kill.” The story recalls the dentist from Michigan who paid for, shot, and killed Cecil, an elderly lion in Zimbabwe. In this case, a Michigan big game hunter paid a Namibia conservation organization $400,000 for the opportunity to shoot a black rhino. Now, he is applying to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to bring its skull, hide, and horns into the United States.

A black rhino walks away in a field.

August 18, 2020

International Finance
Africa Remains Untapped Market for Booming Black Businesses in America

African Americans are in a financial position to start businesses in Africa, including in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana, and they should.

African man, a professional runner from Kenya, stands in front of his store selling athletic gear. A sign on the wall says "Olympics Corner Iten-Kenya", above a Kenyan flag.

June 15, 2020

United States
Black Lives Matter—for Social Justice, and for America’s Global Role

Human rights abuses at home undermine U.S. global leadership.

Demonstrators hold a Black Lives Matter banner during a protest against racial inequality in New York City.

July 30, 2014

Austria
TWE Remembers: The Black Tom Explosion

The explosion at the Black Tom munitions depot in Jersey City, New Jersey at 2:08 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916 was massive. It generated shockwaves equivalent to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake, blowing …

Black Tom Explosion