The Backstory
Baimba Yilla, EdDExploring the emotional engine beneath our modern politics
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 28 | Founded | 10 months ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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Trust Deficit
On the taxi ride home from the airport earlier this month, I became convinced the driver was trying to overcharge us.
I wanted to insert my credit card into the reader. She insisted I tap it instead.
I did.
Moments later, she told me t...
Our National Rot
There is something deeply disturbing about the people we’ve become, the culture we’ve allowed to take root beneath us, like cracks spreading through the foundation of our lives.
Signs of our cultural decline are inescapable and everywhere...
Culture and Anarchy
There is something sinister about the people we’ve become, the culture we’ve allowed to envelop us like a shadow we have learned to live inside or a fog we can no longer see through.
There is something sinister about the people we’ve becom...
The Momentum of War
Last weekend, the United States issued a security alert on the potential escalation of the conflict with Iran, recommending that Americans in the region leave or prepare to leave.
Last weekend, the United States issued a security alert on...
The Problem Was Never Us?
A conversation for every African—and everyone who cares about Africa
Scrolling through social media over the weekend, I came across a post that caught my attention, both for its language and its subject. “The problem was never us,” the pos...
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