The recognition of slavery as a crime against humanity raises a deeper question: who bears the economic consequences. This InnerKwest analysis examines how wealth accumulation, liability, and global resistance shape the debate over reparations.
On Record: When History Is Acknowledged—but Not Accepted (Part 2)
The U.N. resolution recognizing slavery as the gravest crime against humanity passed with broad support—but key nations resisted its implications. This InnerKwest analysis examines how legal arguments, abstentions, and opposition reveal the limits of acknowledgment within existing global systems.
On Record: When History Is Acknowledged—but Not Accepted (Part 1)
The United Nations has recognized slavery as the gravest crime against humanity, following a resolution led by Ghana. This InnerKwest analysis examines what that recognition establishes—and the deeper questions it leaves unresolved.
Lincoln Was Right: The American Consensus Schmitt Denies
By InnerKwest Global Intelligence Team — September 6, 2025 Editor’s note: This rebuttal reflects not only InnerKwest’s editorial board but a broad American consensus—from Lincoln scholars and nonpartisan constitutional institutions to settled Supreme Court precedent—affirming the United States as a civic nation bound to a creed of equal citizenship. On Tuesday, at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, Sen. Eric …
Reality Check: The U.S. Constitution and the Exclusion of African Americans
A Critical Reflection on the Black Experience in America At this pivotal moment in history, it’s essential for African Americans to take a clear-eyed look at their collective journey. Despite generations of progress, the persistent struggle against systemic barriers has led to a deep sense of generational fatigue. Just as Black communities gain momentum in shaping American society, opposing forces …
Juneteenth: A Commemoration to Slavery’s Formal Finality
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January …
Pig Laws, A Modern Day Name for Slavery
Black Codes and Pig Laws August 2020 Immediately after the Civil War ended, Southern states enacted “black codes” that allowed African Americans certain rights, such as legalized marriage, ownership of property, and limited access to the courts, but denied them the rights to testify against whites, to serve on juries or in state militias, vote, or start a job without …
Judah P. Benjamin, Confederacy’s Second-In-Command
The Jewish second-in-command of the Southern Confederacy during the Civil War was once a United States senator. August 2020 Judah Philip Benjamin was born August 6, 1811 on the island of St. Croix in the Danish West Indies (the present-day Virgin Islands) to Jewish parents. At the time of his birth, Benjamin’s family was in transit from England to America. …
Why America Can’t Escape Its Racist Roots
America continues to ignoring the lasting effects of slavery. The killing of George Floyd, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled into his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest, has spurred a wave of rage, anguish, and protests across the country. To better understand what is happening and what the future may hold, the Gazette talked …
Fourth of July Buffoonery
July 2020 To Americans willing to turn a blind eye, for others that allow their silence as an affirmation, and further, those that have participated in the misguidance of the buffoon elected president, the present manifestations of malfeasance politics is chilling. Make no mistake, this present era of blatant racism and state sponsored fascism is evident to those that require …
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