Amy Wilentz

Amy Wilentz is a Nation contributing editor and the author of the award-winning The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier (Simon & Schuster, 1989). Her novel Martyrs' Crossing (Simon & Schuster, 2001) won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Prize. Her most recent book is I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger (Simon & Schuster, 2006).

Currently

  • Benazir's Bequest

    January 4, 2008

    In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto's assassination, it's easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.

2005

2004

  • Haiti's Occupation

    April 1, 2004

    The Haitian people have once again been excluded from their own governance.

  • Coup in Haiti

    March 4, 2004

    What happened in Haiti was a coup, and it's almost funny to hear Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Scott McClellan call that claim "absurd" and "nonsense."

  • Haiti's Collapse

    February 12, 2004

    The future of Haiti hinges on support for a state based on law.

2002

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
42 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
53 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
27 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments