Power Shift

Stories where influence, control, access, ownership, or leverage is moving between people, platforms, institutions, or communities.

Royal Caribbean Is Paying $3 Billion for Half of Sandals. The Bigger Story Is Who Owns Caribbean Tourism.

A Caribbean-built hospitality empire is entering a $3 billion partnership with a global cruise giant. The Stewart family retains half…

2 days ago

The Florida College Sports Fight Is Really About Media Money and Control

A dispute over conference realignment is holding up a sweeping federal college sports bill. Underneath the politics is a much…

5 days ago

MACRO Bought ALLBLK. The Bigger Prize Is the Direct Relationship With Black Viewers.

Charles D. King's media company is moving deeper into the value chain—adding streaming distribution, subscriber relationships and audience access to…

1 week ago

Nairobi Won the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Now Comes the Ownership Test.

Africa will host the World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2029. The historic win puts Nairobi on the…

1 week ago

Dangote Refinery IPO Opens. Africans Can Buy Shares—Dangote Keeps Control

Dangote Refinery’s historic IPO gives ordinary investors access to one of Africa’s largest industrial assets. But Aliko Dangote still retains…

2 weeks ago

U.S. Lends Africell Nearly $100M. Africa Faces a Bigger Ownership Question

The U.S. is financing nearly $100 million for Africell to buy American and allied telecom technology. But shifting suppliers does…

2 weeks ago

Jacob Coxon Quit Anthropic Over AI Risk. He Also Walked Away Before His Equity Vested

Jacob Coxon’s warning about advanced AI drew global attention. His decision to leave Anthropic before his equity vested raises another…

2 weeks ago

UN Votes to Correct Africa’s Size on World Maps as U.S. Casts Only No Vote

Africa won overwhelming UN support for maps that better reflect its true geographic scale. But changing the map raises a…

2 weeks ago

Memphis Lost Power. Black Communities Supplied the Backup System Themselves.

An $18 million restoration bill tells only part of the story. The August outage exposed who absorbs the economic losses…

3 weeks ago

A Black Brazilian Community Challenged a Lithium Mine. Then the Court Stopped Operations.

A Brazilian court halted operations at Sigma Lithium’s only producing mine after a challenge involving a nearby Quilombola community. The…

3 weeks ago

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