Month: August 2023

     At the heart of the story that President Biden preserved last week by creating our newest national monument are a mother and son, Mamie Till-Mobley, and Emmett Till.

      If head counting is any indication, Russian diplomacy in Africa is slipping. A Russia-Africa summit meeting held in St. Petersburg drew only 21 African heads of state, far fewer than in 2019 when the summit attracted 45 heads of state. (By contrast, 50 attended Pres. Biden’s Africa summit last December.)