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Deportations to Haiti: Still a death sentence

Deportations to Haiti: Still a death sentence
Co-authored by Carrie Bettinger-Lopez and Sunita Patel, This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency formalized its Haitian deportation policy. ICE claims it will consider medical and humanitarian factors when deciding whether to deport someone to Haiti. Yet, the policy will still lead...
April 12th, 2011 | Featured, Haiti, Talk About Race | Read More

Haiti’s displaced: Caught between greedy landlords and an absentee government

Haiti’s displaced: Caught between greedy landlords and an absentee government
Co-authored by and Laura Raymond, Education and Outreach Associate for CCR Today the Center for Constitutional Rights delegation in Haiti visited the Barbancourt II displacement camp in Port-Au-Prince. This camp is home to 310 families who lost their homes in the earthquake and have set up tents, tarps...
March 21st, 2011 | Featured, Haiti | Read More

One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer

One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer
One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. In fact, the tragedy has served as an opportunity to further enrich corporate interests. The details of a recent lawsuit, as reported by Business Week, highlights...
January 13th, 2011 | Haiti | Read More

Five reasons to care about Haiti’s sham elections

Five reasons to care about Haiti’s sham elections
Haiti needs legitimate leaders right now.  Unfortunately, the elections set for November 28, 2010 are a sham.  Here are five reasons why the world community should care. First, Haitian elections are supposed to choose their new President, the entire House of Deputies and one-third of the country’s...
November 29th, 2010 | Featured, Haiti, World | Read More

Nine months after the quake, a million Haitians slowly dying

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 grandmothers surrounding her nodded solemnly. We are in a broiling “tent” with a group of women trying to raise their families in a public park. Around...
October 11th, 2010 | Featured, Haiti | Read More

Haiti and the broken promises

Haiti and the broken promises
Six months after the earthquake devastated Haiti, most of the 3 million people who have been affected by the quake still live in misery.  The Haitian government estimated that at least “222,570 people died, 300,572 were injured, 188,383 houses collapsed or were damaged, of which 105,000 were completely...
July 19th, 2010 | Haiti | Read More

Not a mouthpiece but a megaphone

Not a mouthpiece but a megaphone
In response to Amanda Kijera’s article Co-written by Susana Morris, Crunk Feminist Collective We are extremely disheartened to know that you were raped. We are emboldened by your courage to speak out about this experience and to attempt to grapple so soon with the social and political implications...
April 30th, 2010 | Haiti | Read More

We are not your weapons – we are women

We are not your weapons – we are women
By Amanda Kijera, civic journalist and activist in Haiti Two weeks ago, on a Monday morning, I started to write what I thought was a very clever editorial about violence against women in Haiti. The case, I believed, was being overstated by women’s organizations in need of additional resources....
April 19th, 2010 | Haiti | Read More
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