If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would be me because I am
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The Erased Majority: What Happened to the Black Population of South America? By Lawson Akhigbe
Pele Walk through the streets of Salvador, Brazil, and you'll hear the drums of Candomblé echoing from centuries-old terreiros. You'll see women in white lace selling acarajé, a fried bean cake brought to South America by enslaved West African women. You'll notice that the vast majority of faces around you are Black. Now walk through …
America Doesn’t Need Another Disruptor — It’s Still Cleaning Up the Last One By Lawson Akhigbe
After eight years of Donald J. Trump’s political demolition derby, one might assume the United States has had its fill of “disruptors.” But no—some Democrats, misty-eyed from too many Silicon Valley TED Talks, are whispering that maybe they need a disruptor too. Because, apparently, the problem with democracy wasn’t the mob at the Capitol—it was …
In the DOJ’s Botched Epstein Release, Confusion May Be the Goal By Jem Bartholomew
Jeffrey Epstein's Island On January 30, the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced the Justice Department’s publication of more than three million pages of documents relating to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender. The release came weeks after a deadline set by Congress and was said by Blanche to be the final batch of documents—despite millions …
From Three Counts to Twelve: A Prosecutorial U-Turn in the Ozekhome London Property Saga by Lawson Akhigbe
When the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) hurriedly presented its earlier charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the drafting left seasoned criminal lawyers blinking in disbelief. The particulars were thin, the narrative skeletal, and the evidential architecture — at least on the face of the charge sheet — appeared insufficiently particularised …
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