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By InnerKwest Editorial Team | Published August 27, 2025 A Playful Video with Serious Consequences Rapper Rick Ross likely thought he was sharing a lighthearted moment when he filmed himself cruising through a Target store on a motorized cart, bantering with his girlfriend Jazzma Kendrick about kitchen appliances and cinnamon rolls. The clip, uploaded to social media, showed the couple …
By Solomon Desta– InnerKwest Contributor | September 10, 2025 Ethiopia as a Different Kind of Light In the chronicles of world history, few nations stand as firmly outside the tide of conquest and manipulation as Ethiopia. Unlike most of Africa, Ethiopia resisted colonization and preserved its sovereignty in both political and spiritual terms. The Battle of Adwa in 1896 remains …
By Eliot Mercer, Intelligence Desk Fear, Silence, and the Lost Conversation on Race The Weight of Social Media Scrutiny Scrolling through social media lately, I notice a pattern that unsettles me. Black voices, even when trying to speak candidly about race, often tiptoe, wary of judgment, wary of backlash. The careful choreography of words, the self-censorship, the hesitation—it is everywhere. …
InnerKwest Ghana Bureau | Published August 24, 2025 From Ouagadougou to Niamey, the leaders of the Sahel Alliance are not asking Africa to adopt new enemies—only to claim its right to choose its own friends. As French media power deepens its hold on African broadcasting, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali, and Niger remind the continent that sovereignty is not a gift; it …
By InnerKwest – Haiti Historian – August 20, 2025 Two hundred years after France forced the world’s first Black republic to pay for its own freedom, Haiti faces a new bill—this time in the currency of sovereignty. In mid-August 2025, Blackwater founder Erik Prince said his new company, Vectus Global, has a 10-year deal with Haiti’s interim authorities: first to fight …
By Marcus D. Zalt, Senior Correspondent Inside the donor club co-founded by J.D. Vance and Chris Buskirk — where the money flows, where they meet, and why watchdogs say its posture is anti-democratic. A Private Club With Public Ambitions The Rockbridge Network is not a household name, but it is rapidly becoming one of the most influential forces in American …
By InnerKwest – Haiti Historian – August 17, 2025 A 10-year security-and-tax deal in Haiti gives a private firm sweeping power over borders and revenue. Is this stabilization—or a soft reboot of the old customs receivership playbook? What’s Actually Been Agreed Erik Prince’s company, Vectus Global, has secured a 10-year arrangement with Haiti’s interim government. The mandate covers both military-style …
By InnerKwest Editorial-Research Desk • August 16, 2025 Executive Summary Across Africa, sovereignty functions on a spectrum—pulled by foreign military footprints and air operations, hard-currency pegs and IMF programs, port leases and security pacts, and recognition politics. This report maps where external levers are strongest right now and explains how they translate into day-to-day constraints on government choices. Vectors of …
What Is the “No More Chick-fil-A in Harlem” Movement? 1. Background & Context 2. Chick-fil-A’s Controversial Decision 3. The Movement’s Voice Summary Table Element Details Who’s behind it? The activist group December 12th Movement and broader Harlem community What happened? Chick-fil-A remained open on Malcolm X’s birthday during a civic shutdown Community response Boycott movement: “No More Chick-fil-A in Harlem” …
Granville Tailer Woods moved through the Gilded Age like current through copper—restless, purposeful, and always looking for a cleaner path. Between 1884 and 1910 he secured more than fifty U.S. patents spanning railroad communications, electric traction, and lighting controls. Much of what made early mass transit safer and more scalable traces back to his bench: induction-based “railway telegraphy,” smarter current …
