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Part One of a Two-Part Series on “Patterned Lawfare” By InnerKwest Editorial Board | September 1, 2025 Introduction Across federal agencies, courts, and cultural institutions, a disturbing pattern is unfolding: Black women in positions of authority are being targeted, removed, or harassed under the guise of “policy” or “procedure.” These aren’t isolated incidents. They form a consistent chain—a patterned lawfare—that …
An Anonymous Proclamation of Economic Sovereignty By AnonymousSeptember 1, 2025 — InnerKwest™ Global A Future Under Siege Across the country, districts redraw maps intentionally being carved with surgical precision. They do not reflect the people; they are engineered to contain them. The goal is clear: to shrink voices, to dilute influence, and to resurrect the ghost of an America that …
Kansas called itself a “free state,” while Missouri flew the Confederate banner. Yet in 1930s Kansas City, Kansas, the Ku Klux Klan thrived — and decades later, the FBI saved its firepower for the Black Panthers instead. By Julius Rangal, InnerKwest Investigations TeamPublished: August 30, 2025 Introduction The history of American law enforcement is often presented as a steady march …
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 …
