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January 10, 2020
Can Haiti Rise From the Ashes?
Over the past decade Haitians have suffered a devastating earthquake, a failed reconstruction effort, and chronic political corruption. But resistance continues, and there are signs of hope.
James North
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January 9, 2020
Haiti Is in the Eye of the Storm
Despite the current respite from months of protests and government violence, the country’s rampant corruption threatens to unleash chaos once more.
Amy Wilentz
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November 22, 2019
The New Global Insurrection
From Bolivia to Haiti to Europe and the Middle East, citizens are rising up against corruption and government repression.
Sasha Abramsky
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October 24, 2019
Haiti Is in the Streets
Exploited by corporate predators, squeezed by the IMF, patronized by international elites, and bled dry by a corrupt government, Haitians refuse to stop rising up.
Amy Wilentz
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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