Haiti
Essay
The Haiti That Still Dreams
The country is being defined by disaster. What would it mean to tell a new story?
Daily Comment
Are Gangs About to Take Over Haiti?
The nation remains in chaos after the unelected Prime Minister said that he would step down, as violence and famine threaten the population.
The Sporting Scene
Melchie Dumornay Is the Revelation of the World Cup So Far
Although Haiti did not make it past the group stage, the team’s star has been the tournament’s most exciting player.
Annals of Inquiry
What’s the Path Forward for Haiti?
As the international community contemplates another armed intervention, a reckoning with history is long overdue.
Daily Comment
The Fight for Haiti’s Future
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has requested outside forces to help deal with humanitarian crises and gangs, but Haitians have little faith in foreign intervention.
News Desk
Haiti a Year After the Presidential Assassination
Justice evades Jovenel Moïse’s family and the rest of the country.
News Desk
The U.S.’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
The current tragedy at the border is just the latest fallout from the U.S.’s failed policies toward Haiti.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Edwidge Danticat Remembers September 11th
In the long wake of 9/11, the writer meditates on the tragedies that shaped her life. Plus, Jia Tolentino on seeing live music for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
As Told To
After the Earthquake, a Mayor in Haiti Struggles to Console His Town
In Saint-Louis-du-Sud, ten miles from the epicenter, the medical clinic is overrun and thousands of people are sleeping in the streets.
The Political Scene Podcast
Tough Tests in Cuba and Haiti for Biden’s Foreign Policy
What can the United States do to mitigate pressing crises in the Caribbean?
News Desk
The Assassination of Haiti’s President
Jovenel Moïse’s family deserves justice for his horrific killing. So do all of the Haitian families who suffered during his rule.
News Desk
Haitians Are at an Impasse Over the Country’s Future
Jovenel Moïse is intent on remaining President amid continued protests calling for him to step down.
Culture Desk
The Haitian Revolution and the Hole in French High-School History
The revolution, led by the formerly enslaved Toussaint Louverture, effectively forced France to abolish slavery. Yet many French high-school students learn nothing about this chapter of their history.
The New Yorker Documentary
A Life with Art at the Center, in “Yves & Variation”
For one Manhattan doorman, music is as crucial as survival.
Dispatches from a Pandemic
The Ripple Effects of the Coronavirus on Immigrant Communities
They say, “Whenever Haiti sneezes, Miami catches a cold.” But, in the time of COVID-19, the reverse is also true.
Daily Comment
Haiti Faces Difficult Questions Ten Years After a Devastating Earthquake
Sorrowful anniversaries magnify absence. They also inevitably make us wonder what might have been.
Daily Comment
As Protests Again Sweep Haiti, How Can the Nation Move Forward?
Severe energy shortages and harsh levels of inflation have ignited public anger over suspected official corruption, and led to widespread demonstrations calling for the resignation of the President.
News Desk
Demonstrators in Haiti Are Fighting for an Uncertain Future
Waves of protests against the administration of President Jovenel Moïse have swept the Caribbean nation. If Moïse steps down, what sort of government will follow?
Photo Booth
A Young Artist Charts the Journey from “Haiti to Hood”
In his theatrical series, focussed on the nostalgic power of materials, the twenty-two-year-old Daveed Baptiste charts the complicated birth of the Haitian-American, a new “New Negro” for this century of diasporic interconnection.
News Desk
Haitians Want to Know What the Government Has Done with Missing Oil Money
The pilfering of Petrocaribe funds has been a concern in Haiti for years, but it wasn’t until this summer that grievances spread widely online, leading to anti-corruption street protests and massive demonstrations.