Hello, Tamara… Please Don’t Let Me Down!
Children in Servitude, the Poorest of Haiti’s Poor - NYTimes.com
Vote Against Slavery in Our Time
Coming to terms with child slavery in Haiti
Restavèk: Slavery No Matter How You Slice It
Free the Child, Emancipate the Mind
What if Haitian Athletes Defected in China?
immigration»
Ira Gollobin: Mentor and Friend (0)
Ira Gollobin was a remarkable lawyer, a brilliant strategist, and a superb mentor and teacher. He did it all with deep humility that arose, not from false modesty, but from a profound understanding of a lawyer’s role in the political arena.
musings»
DBR: The Haitian-American Music Sensation You Never Heard of (1)
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a composer and violonist who seems determined to create new sounds and harmonies by mixing classical with hip hop and other musical genres, all heavily laced with Haitian rhythms. Interesting mix it is.
haiti»
Hurricanes’ Toll on Haiti: Massive! (0)
This is a disaster that calls on all people of good will, Haitian and non-Haitian alike, to help Haiti recover from this nightmare that could not have come at a worse time as the global economy is rocked by the near collapse of the US financial system.
us politics»
Our Climb Will Be Steep (0)
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.
restavek»
Hello, Tamara… Please Don’t Let Me Down! (0)
Fond des Blancs activists Canes and Marie-Therese Maignan who have been involved with the county’s children’s rights committee have been deeply affected by the storms that battered Haiti in the country’s south. It’s hard to imagine that a worse fate could have fallen onto their shoulders as they were barely unable to make ends meet while struggling for social change in their community.
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