Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr

Trust Deficit: When the Investigators Become Part of the Question

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Jackson Kolako’s Account Does Not Prove a Conspiracy. But Liberia’s Cocaine Scandal Has Reached the Point Where the Government...

Don’t Reject Cummings Offer: Why International Technical Assistance Can Help Liberia Win the War Against Transnational Drug Trafficking

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
When Alexander B. Cummings called for international investigators and technical experts to assist Liberia following the reported US$19.2 million...

The Cargo Warning at Roberts International Airport: How Liberia Can Restore Aviation Integrity Before a Security Crisis Becomes Economic Isolation

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
The drug seizure at Roberts International Airport has now become more than a criminal investigation. It has become a...

The Cargo Warning at Roberts International Airport: How Liberia Can Restore Aviation Integrity Before a Security Crisis Becomes Economic Isolation

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
The drug seizure at Roberts International Airport has now become more than a criminal investigation. It has become a...

A Shift In Liberia Drug Crisis: $19 Million Dollars Cocaine Outbound, Busted

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
Liberia’s struggle with illicit drugs did not begin at Roberts International Airport. It began in the ruins of war,...

When the Watchdog Is Summoned: Naymote, the Legislature and Liberia’s Test of Democratic Confidence

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
In a healthy democracy, elected officials are expected to answer to citizens. In Liberia this week, that equation appeared...
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Liberia’s Democratic Middle Ground Is Holding — But Barely

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Freedom House’s 2026 report places Liberia in a familiar but uneasy category: Partly Free. Its score rose slightly, from...

Dr. Pearson: Liberia’s Democratic Middle Ground Is Holding — But Barely

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
Freedom House’s 2026 report places Liberia in a familiar but uneasy category: Partly Free. Its score rose slightly, from...

Liberia’s MCC Scorecards Tell a Harder Story Than the Politics

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
Liberia’s recent Millennium Challenge Corporation scorecards offer a useful corrective to partisan claims. They do not show that President...

The Diaspora Does Not Live Here — But Liberia Lives Through Them

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President Joseph Boakai’s reported statement — “They don’t live here; we live here. We know what we want for...

The Danger of Twisting the Law: Opinion on Rep. Kolubah Expulsion

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
Liberia’s 1986 Constitution gives each chamber of the Legislature meaningful authority over its own internal affairs. Article 38 plainly...

Liberia’s Currency Must Not Become a Casual Policy Tool

Commentary Dr. Clarence R. Pearson, Sr -
In every economy, currency is more than paper. It is a public promise. It tells citizens that the state...
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