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Elizabeth Schmidt

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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
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
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on November 11, 2025

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The Most Dangerous American Idea

No belief in the history of the US has been more threatening to democracy than the certainty that only white people are fit for self-government.

by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on August 5, 2019

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