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The Petrodollar Order: How Oil Became Currency and Power Became Enforcement

For more than half a century, global oil trade has quietly anchored the dominance of the U.S. dollar. Born from crisis and sustained through discipline, the petrodollar system reshaped markets, alliances, and enforcement without formal declaration. From its origins in the 1970s to modern sanctions and oil diplomacy, this investigation traces how currency power became one of the most consequential—and least examined—forces in global geopolitics.

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Anatomy of Silence: Trey Reed’s Death, HBCUs Under Threat, and the Politics of Selective Grief

InnerKwest Global Intelligence Team | September 17, 2025 Daylight and Darkness On September 15, 2025, the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old student from Grenada, Mississippi, was found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University, a historically Black college. The discovery was made around 7:05 a.m. near the campus pickleball courts — an area designed …