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May 10, 2019
The Other Ruined Cathedral of Notre Dame—in Haiti
Amy Wilentz explains why France should pay for the rebuilding.
Jon Wiener
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May 9, 2019
Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?
Steve Phillips on changes in the electorate, Ben Ehrenreich on climate and Commerce, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti’s Notre Dame.
Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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July 27, 2018
Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises?
Haiti’s “Banana Man” compared himself to Trump—he was more right than we realized.
Jake Johnston
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March 23, 2018
Why British Conservatives Are Salivating Over the Oxfam Scandal
The Oxfam scandal is a moment of reckoning for the aid sector, but it also gives Tories a plum opportunity to undermine a critical voice.
Helen C. Epstein
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January 12, 2018
Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole
And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.
Amy Wilentz
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January 12, 2018
Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’
He was playing to his racist supporters. Afterward, conservative pundits tried to defend him.
Joan Walsh
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November 22, 2017
The Trump Administration Strips Residency Protections for 50,000 Haitians
And more communities are in danger of losing Temporary Protected Status soon.
Julianne Hing
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November 2, 2016
Haiti’s Jacobin
A new biography explores the mysterious life and times of Toussaint Louverture.
David A. Bell
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September 23, 2016
Is Human Rights Watch Too Closely Aligned With US Foreign Policy?
It has ignored repression by regimes close to Washington and dismissed criticism—by Nobel laureates—of its conflicts of interest.
Mark Weisbrot
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August 23, 2016
It’s Time for the UN to Compensate Haitians for Its Cholera Disaster
Accountability should be seen as a strength, not a liability, at an organization committed to human rights.
Muneer I. Ahmad and Alice M. Miller