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Referee and Player: Why LPRC’s Monopoly Feeds Corruption and Self-Enrichment
Breeding market failure and rent-seeking
Michael T
Aug 13 min read


Choosing Koung and an Ad Hoc Committee Is a Direct Snub to Ngafuan and the Economic Management Team—Signaling Distrust in Their Ability
The exact moment when competence is most urgently required
Michael T
Jul 303 min read


Amid Economic Hardship, President Boakai Celebrates Lavish Wedding Anniversary, Calls on Nation to Fast and Pray for Solutions
a display many critics deem tone-deaf given Liberia’s widespread hardship
Michael T
Jul 292 min read


LTM Accused of Fraud—Legal and Business Risks Mount
Looming criminal prosecution under fraud and economic sabotage provisions
Michael T
Jul 292 min read


Democracy Is Not Crowning a Ruling Party: Independence Day Orator Exposes Political Tyranny in Liberia
silencing dissent is the first step toward tyranny
Michael T
Jul 273 min read


Stolen Pay: Massive Wage Scandal Exposes AFL and LNP Leadership at Bea Mountain
Extreme scale of Wage Gap
Michael T
Jul 264 min read


Liberian Senate urges President Boakai to halt controversial LTM concession amid widespread public backlash
deep national concerns over the concession’s implications
Michael T
Jul 242 min read


LNP Vicious Affront to Religious Beliefs and Dignity: Humiliating and Disempowering Muslim Women
Stripped, hijab, beaten, and humiliated
Michael T
Jul 242 min read


Fleeing Rebuke and Hard Truth, Boakai Settles for a Softer Sermon This Independence Day
a preference for platitudes over the painful honesty
Michael T
Jul 232 min read


Liberia’s Education System Set for $88 Million Shakeup—But Can EXCEL Deliver Real Change?
or just patch over old problems with new money?
Michael T
Jul 232 min read


AFL Accused of Acting as “Private Army” for Bea Mountain Mining, Supreme Court to Hear Case
engaging in serious acts of intimidation, illegal land seizures, and extra-judicial evictions of villagers targeted for BMMC’s gold mining expansion
Michael T
Jul 222 min read


President Boakai endorses Fraudulent LTM deal: hundreds of Liberians to lose jobs
apparently structured to enrich a few corrupt individuals
Michael T
Jul 223 min read


Liberia’s Illegal Drugs Tsunami: Where Is the Rescue Mission?
Gallup Law and Order Index ranked Liberia as the least safe country in Africa for the second consecutive year
Michael T
Jul 223 min read


No Debate: IRISE Secondary School Project Began and Finished Under Weah, Says Ex-Deputy Minister Kessely
Dares anyone to prove otherwise
Michael T
Jul 213 min read


Boakai’s Party Box—How Presidential Handlers Are Failing Liberia
shielded from the urgent realities facing his nation
Michael T
Jul 183 min read


“Day of the People” — The Rise of the Suffering Masses: Liberia’s Streets Echo With the Cry for a New Beginning
reflecting deep frustration with ongoing hardship and what many see as official betrayal
Michael T
Jul 173 min read


Conflict of Interest or Careful Diplomacy? US Embassy’s Silence on Protest Advisory Raises Eyebrows
questions about the Embassy’s impartiality
Michael T
Jul 172 min read


Did Minister Ngafuan Lie on the Reversal of Harmonization at the Judiciary?
Evidence tells a different story
Michael T
Jul 163 min read


Who Brought Back ZoomLion in Liberia?
A fraudulent company rooted in exploitation
Michael T
Jul 163 min read


Writ of Arrest for Abdullah Kamara and Edwina Zackpa
But behind the scenes, Kamara has been quietly seeking a restitution deal
Michael T
Jul 152 min read
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