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Author, most recently of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, journalist, professor, columnist at Foreign Policy. Coming soon, "The Second Emancipation." See here: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
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Lesson for Washington: F*ck around and find out. www.politico.eu/article/frie...

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One great on another. www.ft.com/content/6ed2...

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This would basically be subjecting Ukraine to the status of an African aid ward state, where corruption is used as a pretext to eliminate vestiges of sovereignty. www.ft.com/content/b4a6...

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The voucher/choice hoax. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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Elon's Hunger Games.

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Why isn't the Democratic party running with a supercut of this called They're Nazis?

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"Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Today's the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. "The first thing the American power structure doesn't want [is for] any Negroes to start thinking internationally." As quoted in my forthcoming book, "The Second Emancipation".

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Global gangsterism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

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It's not fake news. He doesn't wear well, and the would=be shock and awe has created compounding mistakes. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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It says something when even the Nazis think you’re too much of a Nazi for them

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And on and on.

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Don't be wowed or depressed by the bluster. It's not going well with the people.

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Today's the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. "The first thing the American power structure doesn't want [is for] any Negroes to start thinking internationally." As quoted in my forthcoming book, "The Second Emancipation".

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Knock me over with a feather. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks and MLK would have given yellowman Major Hell.

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There's no saying we weren't forewarned on this one. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Inquiring minds. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/a...

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Picking on the poor and weak here with little pushback so far. How about corporations paying little or no taxes and cuts for billionaires?

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www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

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Revenge of the Russia Hoax. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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If you are interested in cinema, I urge you to see his film, "Yeelen" (Light). www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/m...

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The great David Levering Lewis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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This is very good, with a relevance that goes far beyond the yellow man. www.ft.com/content/a3b6...

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"US objects to calling out ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine" www.ft.com/content/7380...

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Refreshingly strong and direct headline language from WaPo: "Trump escalates attack on Zelensky a day after U.S. breaks nonengagement policy with Russia"

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Reading. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

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Every word a lie. This is about far more than Ukraine. It's further evidence of the rapid descent of the US into highly personalized authoritarian rule. That's fancy speak for dictatorship.

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I've been writing about precisely this sort of conflict of interest and self dealing. "U.S. officials are considering a deal with China to ramp up its purchases of American goods and investments in the United States." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/b.... See: foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/13/a...

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"Argentine President’s Promotion of Crypto Rocks His Presidency: An ally of Trump and darling of global right, Javier Milei tries to deflect critics after a cryptocurrency he endorsed collapsed, wiping out $4 billion in value." www.wsj.com/world/americ...

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Trump changes the name of... China. t.co/4VipbXKFDU

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...

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Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

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Even the Journal. "The Rapid Rehab of Vladimir Putin: The Russian marauder has become an ostensible peace-maker in a month." www.wsj.com/opinion/vlad...

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"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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In journalism about warfare in Sudan I've often read that it pits "black Africans" against "ethnic Arabs," and I've never been convinced by or comfortable with the breezy line drawing.

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Good to see the Post weigh in like this. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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First, they softened public opinion up with talk on attack on DEI, then they invoked a war on waste. Who could dislike that? Now, it's cripple health and science Please explain. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Appropriate bluntness from the Journal. www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

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When America loses the Financial Times. www.ft.com/content/11f1...

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When America loses the Financial Times. www.ft.com/content/11f1...

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www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn: Defendants argue that Trump pardons should absolve them of additional crimes, some discovered during investigations of the Capitol riot

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What a malignant character.

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Sunday nightmare. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Defund the humanities by cutting STEM income which has never, ever been shared across campus, truly genius work by the illiterate. (It is darkly amusing that these childish wreckers hold in their heads a utopian system that cross-subsidizes study, but no, that's not how it works).

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When was this commissioned? "The US must play to its strengths to compete with China in Latin America: Washington can no longer afford to stand idle" www.ft.com/content/a37f...

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