Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster
It's time to banish the word "looting" from the media vocabulary in times of disaster.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
The Haiti Haters The Haiti Haters
In this moment of death and destruction, we should not turn away.
Jan 21, 2010 / Amy Wilentz
What Haiti Is Owed What Haiti Is Owed
For much of Haiti's existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Free Nazia Quazi Free Nazia Quazi
How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Muscling Latin America Muscling Latin America
The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti
Jeremy Scahill discusses how Haiti's earthquake creates the perfect environment for security contractors to intervene and take advantage of the lawless state.
Jan 21, 2010 / Countdown
IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan
Last Friday I wrote about the IMF's new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF's existing loan of ...
Jan 20, 2010 / Richard Kim
Iran’s Power Play in Iraq Iran’s Power Play in Iraq
For years, I've written about Iran's untoward influence in Iraq. Now, it appears as if Iran is making a power play, using its Iraqi allies, that could checkmate US influence in Ira...
Jan 20, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti
Private firms are jumping at the opportunity to provide 'humanitarian assistance' to Haiti, but what these companies are actually bringing is a 'Shock Doctrine' approach that aims ...
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Haiti: The Pearl of the Antilles Haiti: The Pearl of the Antilles
The continued portrayal of Haiti as the basket case of the hemisphere without accurate contextualization further wounds the Haitian people and misleads the American public.
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Joslyn Barnes