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A street fair during Somali Week in Minneapolis, 2016.

From Mogadishu to Minneapolis

The Trump administration’s crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota ignores decades of US intervention that helped produce the violence and displacement Somalis fled.

by Elizabeth Schmidt via Africa Is A Country on March 6, 2026

A crowd of Angolan rebels with weapons.

How the US Intervened to Sabotage Angola’s Independence

Fifty years ago today, Angola gained its independence from Portuguese domination. But the US was already working hard to snuff out the hopes of liberation.

by Elizabeth Schmidt via Jacobin on November 11, 2025

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