World News
Gaza Death Toll Is At Least 40% Higher Than Reported, New Study Estimates. By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Biden removes Cuba from list of sponsors of terrorism, lifts sanctions on Cuban military. By Nora Gámez Torres / Miami Herald
Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa. By Simon Kuper / Financial Times
Haitians in the U.S. under temporary protection in anxious limbo amid shifting immigration policies. By Fredlyn Pierre Louis / NBC News
Slavery, tax evasion, resistance: the story of 11 Africans in South America’s gold mines in the 1500s. By Paola Vargas Arana / The Conversation
Elon Musk goes global with his playbook for political influence. By Cat Zakrzewski / Wash Post
The Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation. By Lynsey Chutel / NYT
Massacre Upon Massacre: Haiti’s Bleak Spiral Into a Failed State. By David C. Adams and Frances Robles / NYT
These Black Celebs Are Now Ghanaian Citizens As African Nation’s ‘Year Of The Return’ Program Expands. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days. By Timothy W. Ryback / The Atlantic
‘Our country ignored Africa,’ Jimmy Carter said. He didn’t. By Cara Anna / AP
Johannesburg’s shuttered main library becomes symbol of city in decay. By Rob Rose / Financial Times
‘Come home,’ Ghana told the African diaspora. Now some Black Americans take its citizenship. By The Grio
Trump-Putin relations enter a new chapter and the world is at stake. By Robyn Dixon, Catherine Belton and Francesca Ebel / Wash Post
“Total Moral, Ethical Failure”: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. By Nermeen Shaikh / Democracy Now
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Have Energized the German Far-Right. By Josh Axelrod / Mother Jones
How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory. By Jordan Brasher / The Conversation
White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it. By Kieran Connell / The Guardian
Will Trump let Putin get Ukraine’s $26 trillion in gas and minerals? By Mark A. Thiessen / Wash post (Image CNN)
Trump Can Pull Us Back From the Nuclear Brink. The Editorial Board / NYT
Pentagon warns of China’s rapid military buildup despite corruption. By Cate Cadell / Wash Post
South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order. AP and NPR
Mass Crowds Gather for First Friday Prayers Since Assad Ouster. By Stéphane Dujarric / Democracy Now
Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene. By Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald
The African Union has a poor record of protecting democracy. 2024 was no different. By Adem K Abebe / The Conversation
Convicted for making racial slurs, she faces 8 years in Brazilian prison. By Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias / Wash Post
