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Minhee Cho for ProPublica

Firestone’s Secret History With The Warlords Of Liberia

In 1989, African warlord Charles Taylor launched an uprising in Liberia that eventually killed over 200,000 people and left half the country’s population as refugees — a state of anarchy built in part on the resources of one of America’s most iconic companies: Firestone.

November 29th, 2014

By Minhee Cho for ProPublica

Firestone’s Secret History With The Warlords Of Liberia

In 1989, African warlord Charles Taylor launched an uprising in Liberia that eventually killed over 200,000 people and left half the country's population as refugees -- a state of anarchy built in part on the resources of one of America's most iconic companies: Firestone. On this week's podcast, senior reporter T. Christian Miller offers a

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