Mexican Hackers Aid Quake Recovery
Young Mexican computer programmers in New York are hacking instead of donating canned goods or waiting for the state…
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Haiti’s devastating earthquake in January last year destroyed up to 5,000 schools and 80% of the country’s already weak…
The Man-Made Aftershocks of A Natural Disaster: Haiti One Year Later
More than a year has passed since Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, along with one of the largest international relief efforts…
Learning From Shattered Haiti’s Year of Struggle
A year ago this month, Haiti was flattened by a seismic catastrophe. It was hardly the only tragedy that…
Haitian Election Drama Could Spill Into Next Year
It’s not surprising that Haiti’s presidential elections seem to be a failure. Nearly four days after ballots were cast,…
Nine Months After the Quake – A Million Haitians Slowly Dying
“If it gets any worse,” said Wilda, a homeless Haitian mother, “we’re not going to survive.” Mothers and…
Bed-Stuy Med Volunteers Step Up in Haiti
Within 48 hours after the Jan. 12 earthquake hit Haiti, the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corp had already gathered $30,000…
Haitian Students Find Local Safety Net: An Interview with Flanbwayan Director Darnell Benoit
Worried about Haitian young adults slipping through the cracks in New York City, Brooklyn community activist Darnell Benoit founded…
By Keane Bhatt For decades, Noam Chomsky has been an analyst and activist working in support of the Haitian…
On the Ground in Haiti: Hell and Hope
Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The…