The historic discovery of the Clotilda America’s “Last Slave Ship” is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has appointed Germany s former Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann to lead a new external panel to strengthen institutional safeguards in the wake.
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday it has appointed Germany’s former Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann to lead a new external panel to strengthen institutional safeguards in the wake of a data scandal involving IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.