Editorials

POWER HAS AN unusual way of changing people. Yesterday's humble politician becomes today's impatient ruler. Yesterday's advocate of accountability becomes today's loudest critic of accountability. Yesterday's victim of official arrogance…

Public confidence in democratic governance depends not only on laws but also on the conduct of those entrusted to enforce them. The recent confrontation between Inspector General of Police Gregory Coleman and Senator Samuel Kogar has…

THE UNITED STATES Embassy near Monrovia celebrated America's 250th independence anniversary on Wednesday at the Executive Pavilion. Chargé d'Affaires Joseph Zadrozny used the occasion to reflect on the enduring partnership between the two…

The Congress for Democratic Change's 22nd anniversary celebration in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, last week was far more than a party occasion. It offered some of the clearest evidence yet that Liberia's opposition landscape is shifting as…

THE BOAKAI GOVERNMENT held a press conference celebrating Samuel Tweah's acquittal as a triumph for Liberian democracy. Then, ten days later, it moved to reverse that verdict. Let that hypocrisy settle before reading another word. ON…

Father's Day is more than a date on the calendar. It is an opportunity to recognize a group whose contributions often go unnoticed, uncelebrated, and, in many cases, underappreciated. Across Liberia today, thousands of fathers continue…

AFRICA HAS NEVER suffered from a shortage of capable women. It has suffered from a surplus of barriers. For generations, the continent's women have carried nations on their backs while being told they were unqualified to lead them. They…

PRESIDENT JOSEPH NYUMA Boakai's nationwide address on Tuesday addressing the seizure of approximately 237.6 kilograms of cocaine at Roberts International Airport was, by any honest measure, the right address delivered at the right moment.…

WHEN THE ANALYST published its report on the whistleblower complaints against Bureau of State Enterprises (BSE) Deputy Director General for Administration and Finance Joseph Boye Cooper, we did what every credible newsroom is obligated to…

THERE IS SOMETHING deeply unsettling about a contract that has never been legally consummated operating in full force on Liberian soil, collecting public revenue, handling citizen biometrics, and displacing a local businessman — all while…