[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 …

[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 …

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 …

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 …