Editorial Cartoons

Jimmy Carter Dies at 100

Dave Whamond Dec 30, 2024 Dig deeper

TD Interview

Exile’s Eye

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 4, 2024 To understand the pain of deracination, Raoul Peck resurrects the legacy of apartheid-era photographer Ernest Cole. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Race

Tracing the Anti-Haitian Hate Targeting Springfield

Ayendy Bonifacio / NACLA Sep 17, 2024 Old racist tropes demonizing Haitians have been revived, once again casting immigrants from Haiti as dangerous outsiders. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Book Review

The Intellectual Influence of the Haitian Revolution

Rebeca Joy Blemur / NACLA May 17, 2024 A new book recovers the intellectual contribution of Haitian revolutionaries to ideas of freedom, equality, and sovereignty in the Atlantic World. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Books

Haiti: Between Death Squads and the Next Colonial Invasion

Danny Shaw / NACLA Mar 19, 2024 Jake Johnston’s carefully investigated book sheds light on the geopolitical origins of the paramilitary death squads currently wreaking havoc on Port-au-Prince. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Haiti Police in Firefight With Troops Near National Palace

EVENS SANON / The Associated Press Feb 23, 2020 Officers and their supporters, protesting low pay, exchange fire for nearly two hours with members of the newly reconstituted Haitian army. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Media Are Blatantly Ignoring Uprisings Across the Globe

Alan MacLeod / FAIR Dec 9, 2019 This year has seen mass demonstrations from Chile to Lebanon, yet our political press only sees fit to cover the protests in Hong Kong. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Capitalism’s Failures Have Ignited Protests Worldwide

Marc Steiner / The Real News Network Nov 29, 2019 From Chile to Lebanon to Hong Kong, people are rising up against an oppressive neoliberal order, explains journalist Ben Ehrenreich. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Governments Beware: People Are Rising Up All Over the World

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Nov 7, 2019 When people have had enough, they meet force with resistance and resilience. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Worldwide Revolution Is Underway

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 31, 2019 From Chile to Iraq, popular uprisings against austerity and corruption are spreading like wildfire at a crucial point in history. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N.: Haiti Unrest Harming Hospitals, Orphanages, Students

DÁNICA COTO / The Associated Press Oct 2, 2019 Protests against President Jovenel Moïse have paralyzed the economy, closed roads and curtailed essential services. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America’s Hostile Venezuela Policy Is Slowly Strangling Haiti

Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute Feb 20, 2019 By imposing harsh sanctions on the Maduro government, the U.S. has cut off an essential source of relief for the embattled island nation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )