and how the Haitians refer to the tragic event that took place on that date), I landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.I didn’t really know what to expect, this being my first time in the Caribbean and first time in a post natural
Agents at Ellis Island and other immigration stations were on the lookout for sex trafficking. They held up single unaccompanied women until family or friends or immigrant aid societies of the women’s nationalities would come for these women (and in many instances the groups or the sponsors woul...
Trump has perfected this technique; he who uses the word “Palestinian” as a slur, he who popularized terms like “China virus” and “kung flu,” he who, as president, reportedly asked, “Why do we need more Haitians, take them out,” in thevery meetingwhere he called Haiti and oth...
Voodoo is an important part in the day-to-day lives of many Haitians. Estimates vary, but in general anthropologists believe that 50 to 80 pecent of Haitians practice some form of Voodoo, often in concert with other religions [source: U.S. Dept. of State]. Voodoo has also played an imp...
What southern blacks knew as hoodoo, Haitians knew as Vodou. In “Vodou Imagery, African American Tradition, and Cultural Transformation in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God,” essayist Daphne Lamothe writes that Hurston’s novel has allusions to Vodou “so embedded into the ...
For many years, Cubans have found a variety of ways to leave the island. They risked their lives at sea trying to reach the Florida Straits or entered their draw in the Bombo, a lottery system for a chance at U.S. parole. Those with Spanish-born grandparents moved to Spain and claimed...
In 1960, the Belgians abandoned the Congo, and the Haitians who made up the bulk of Kinshasa's medical community returned to Haiti. At least one of them took HIV back with them. There, an American-run clinic was paying for blood plasma donations. The clinic's reusable needles helped spre...
By 1929, there was deep resentment against Americans for their roles in censoring the press, collecting customs duties, being the distributor of essentials like food and medicine, and for forcing a new constitution upon the Haitians which. Uprisings were commonplace, including a 1918 guerrilla war...
By 1929, there was deep resentment against Americans for their roles in censoring the press, collecting customs duties, being the distributor of essentials like food and medicine, and for forcing a new constitution upon the Haitians which. Uprisings were commonplace, including a 1918 guerrilla war...
And Trump closed the day at a Univision forum by repeating falsehoods about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, while promising to visit the safe red state down the homestretch. We ask ourselves every night: Who won the day? Now we’ll tell you — every week...