Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election? 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.
May 9, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises? 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.
Jul 27, 2018 / Jake Johnston
Why British Conservatives Are Salivating Over the Oxfam Scandal 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.
Mar 23, 2018 / Helen C. Epstein
Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole 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.
Jan 12, 2018 / Amy Wilentz
Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’ Why Donald Trump Said ‘Shithole Countries’
He was playing to his racist supporters. Afterward, conservative pundits tried to defend him.
Jan 12, 2018 / Joan Walsh
The Trump Administration Strips Residency Protections for 50,000 Haitians The Trump Administration Strips Residency Protections for 50,000 Haitians
And more communities are in danger of losing Temporary Protected Status soon.
Nov 22, 2017 / Julianne Hing
Haiti’s Jacobin Haiti’s Jacobin
A new biography explores the mysterious life and times of Toussaint Louverture.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Is Human Rights Watch Too Closely Aligned With US Foreign Policy? 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.
Sep 23, 2016 / Mark Weisbrot
It’s Time for the UN to Compensate Haitians for Its Cholera Disaster 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.
Aug 23, 2016 / Muneer I. Ahmad and Alice M. Miller
Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump
Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.
Apr 21, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener