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Pedro Stropasolas
Mali takes control of one of Africa’s largest gold mines and launches its own refinery
02 Jul 2025
Mali’s mining code change in 2024 puts pressure on foreign companies in the country.
Jon Jeter
Mamdani’s Train is Running But Blacks Wonder if There is Space for Them
02 Jul 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s Harlem socialist vision won NYC’s primary but lost Black voters to scandal-plagued Cuomo by 20 points, exposing the left’s racial blind spot even as Wall Street prepares to spend millions against him.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Aggressors Unnamed in Rwanda-DRC “Peace Agreement”
02 Jul 2025
The U.S.-brokered 'peace deal' between Rwanda and the DRC whitewashes Rwanda’s occupation and M23 militia crimes.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Necessity of Birthright Citizenship for Black People
02 Jul 2025
Black citizenship was non-existent for the first 200 years that enslaved and free people were present in what became the United States. Even long-standing legal victories are tenuous, and now birthright citizenship is at risk.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Black Refugees Unwelcomed! Gaou Guinou Balewa, 1973
02 Jul 2025
“Haitian refugees and political exiles find themselves being refused the hospitality granted others.”
Maurice Carney
Donald Trump’s Congo Venture: A Scramble for Minerals Under the Guise of Peace
02 Jul 2025
Trump’s ‘peace deal’ between Rwanda and the DRC is a corporate resource grab disguised as diplomacy, rewarding Rwandan war crimes while U.S. investors stake claims to Congo’s coltan mines.