Haitians Don’t Need More “Dumbasses” From the US State Department Weighing In on the Crisis Haitians Don’t Need More “Dumbasses” From the US State Department Weighing In on the Crisis
The solutions offered by current and former American officials rarely, if ever, consider what Haitians actually want.
Mar 26, 2024 / James North
Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair Haiti’s Hour of Deliverance or Despair
Gangs assert their patriotism while the latest international rescue plan teeters between failure and a possible way forward.
Mar 14, 2024 / Amy Wilentz
The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti
After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee.
Sep 1, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti
Legalization may occur in June 2024, but advocates say the new penal code would undermine any actual progress if enacted unconstitutionally.
Aug 8, 2023 / Alma Beauvais
Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap
The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.
Apr 17, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
The Crisis of Imagination in International Relations The Crisis of Imagination in International Relations
The world should often “do something” about a crisis—but we must stop defaulting to military intervention.
Apr 11, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola
The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison
Patrick Julney is one of many longtime US residents who found himself detained under hellish conditions in a country in which he’d never been formally charged with a crime.
Nov 14, 2022 / Feature / Tanvi Misra
Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help
Untroubled by the ballot, hugely unpopular, useless, negligent, and ruling without anything that could qualify as a functioning legislature, the country’s de facto prime minister, ...
Sep 14, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
The OAS Admits Culpability in the Destruction of Haiti The OAS Admits Culpability in the Destruction of Haiti
The tragedy is that given the condition in which international rule has left the country, Haiti simply cannot solve its problems alone.
Aug 10, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
What the French Really Owe Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti
Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.
Jun 13, 2022 / Marlene L. Daut