[Renewal News Network Researchers: December 18, 2025]

In early 2025, international law enforcement and media outlets converged on an extraordinary development: one of Europe’s most-wanted criminals, Dutch cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, widely referre…

[Renewal News Network Researchers: 17 December 2025]

In recent discussions about U.S. travel restrictions, a simplified claim has gained traction: that Sierra Leone’s inclusion on the U.S. visa restriction list is due solely to visa overstays. While ove…

A Reassessment of U.S.–Sierra Leone Historical Interdependence

[A Renewal Research Project | December 7th, 2025]

Abstract

This article examines the founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone, through the lens of African American history and the American plantat…

By Renewal News Network Researchers

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November 4, 2025

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When philanthropist MacKenzie Scott makes the news, it is rarely for personal reasons. Her announcements are anything but small. In the past few months alone, Scott has donated hundreds of mi…