The article discusses various social and historical issues highlighted during an inauguration week, including the emotions of Black Americans anticipating a second Trump term. It covers a forthcoming exhibition on transatlantic slavery's influence on Manchester, the devastation of a wildfire affecting Black residents in Los Angeles, and the historical findings linking a prominent investment bank to profits from slavery. It concludes with Trinidad and Tobago's parliamentary decision to extend emergency measures to address violence linked to arms exports.
This week Donald Trump was inaugurated in Washington, and the moment feels familiar but also very different. Black Americans were bracing for a second Trump term.
The LA county town of Altadena, once home to African American creatives, has been devastated by the Eaton wildfire, which destroyed thousands of buildings this month.
Historians have uncovered the roots of the US's oldest private bank, revealing its foundation was built on profits from cotton produced by enslaved Africans.
Trinidad and Tobago's parliament has unanimously agreed to a three-month extension of national security measures to quell escalating violence, claiming US arms exports aggravate the situation.
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