empower

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For nearly a decade, journalists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: Does covering extremists expose them or empower them?

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

It will empower you to know how the software works and actually how easy it can be to file.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The targeting clearly shows a strategy to degrade the regime’s apparatus of repression, but risks harming the very prisoners it is intended to empower, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"Astroworld highlighted the need for clear, rehearsed procedures that empower teams to pause or stop a performance when safety is compromised," says Anne Marie Chebib.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

As my father’s philosophy expanded, he began to empower, enlighten, and embrace an untold populace extending far beyond the limits of governmental control.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey