Development to offer affordable Haitian seniors housing, as rents rise
May. 28, 2020 - Rising rents in Flatbush and East Flatbush have made it difficult for many tenants, including Haitian seniors on a fixed...
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News Roundup
Where is Haiti heading
May. 29, 2020 - The chorus of automatic weapons, the burning of homes, the abandonment of bodies riddled with bullets in the street or on a...
Special Reports
COVID-19 brings renewed urgency to remedies for cholera in Haiti
May. 22, 2020 - In this time of extraordinary global challenges, the UN is obligated to remedy the harm it caused in Haiti urgently....
NY-Metro area
United Haitian Alliance Will Honor COVID-19 Victims With Haitian Flag Day Car Drive Thru
May. 28, 2020 - United Haitian Alliance will organize Haitian Flag Day Car Drive Thru on Saturday to honor the Haitians who died from the novel coronavirus.
Florida
Designer Melissa Dufour’s tenets: Fitness, curves and boldness
May. 25, 2020 - By Rachele Viard Melissa Dufour is a Haitian-American designer and creative designer and founder of the leisure line Sexy Sweats....
Haiti
COVID-19 has reached Haiti’s overcrowded prisons. Some fear a human rights disaster
May. 27, 2020 - Convicts in prison seek release during COVID-19 crisis Miami lawyer Philip Reizenstein explains the challenges federal prison inmates have in...
Haitians In America
Designer Melissa Dufour’s tenets: Fitness, curves and boldness
May. 25, 2020 - By Rachele Viard Melissa Dufour is a Haitian-American designer and creative designer and founder of the leisure line Sexy Sweats....
Coronavirus
Adieu Profile: Gibbs “Bigg Gibbs” Seraphin, Visionary Behind The Hiring Of Central Brooklyn Residents In Construction
May. 28, 2020 - At 6-foot-1, 300 pounds, Gibbs ‘Bigg Gibbs’ Seraphin was not hard to spot in a crowd. But his size was only part of the reason that Seraphin, who died in March from coronavirus, captivated attention.
Sports
Arsenal drop scouting bombshell as 10 contracts terminated amid cutbacks
May. 29, 2020 - EXCLUSIVE: 10 scouts who helped discover the likes of Bukayo Saka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Reiss Nelson have been told that...
Beauty & Style
Simple and effective exercises to tone your body
Apr. 09, 2020 - Ever since we were little kids, we have been told that exercising daily is the most quintessential requirement for good...
Opinion
Haitian Diaspora, The Time to Be Generous is Now
May. 28, 2020 - By Garry Pierre-Pierre When my cousin was doing her residency at a rural clinic in Haiti, one night a man...
Entertainment
What to Binge-Watch During the Pandemic: Part 1
May. 21, 2020 - By Ella Turenne and Martine Jean Fanm on Films is a podcast that highlights the work of Haitian creatives in film...
Features
Widow of Haitian-American War Veteran Transforms Trauma Into Power and Purpose
May. 25, 2020 - By Cindy Similien In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, Mecca Nelson’s husband, Army Sergeant Mario Nelson, volunteered to join the recovery...
Arts & Culture
Gregory Gourdet Won a ‘Top Chef’ Challenge Cooking Outstanding Haitian Food. Now He’s Turning It Into a Restaurant.
May. 22, 2020 - The expectations, honestly, could not have been lower. Last fall, I arrived at the Row development in Downtown Los Angeles...
Immigration & Migration
ICE has been testing migrants before deportation. But how it’s doing so is problematic
May. 29, 2020 - How to prevent and combat coronavirus in jails, prisons, and juvenile detention facilitiesCorrections professionals deal with risks and threats daily....
Profiles
Natacha Candio infuses her Haitian heritage into Charlotte’s food scene
May. 29, 2020 - By Loán Lake May 29, 2020 Natacha Candio is on a mission to expand your taste buds with her Haitian...
Caribbean
Haiti Cancels Flag Day Celebrations as Coronavirus Cases Increase
May. 17, 2020 - The Haitian Flag Day Parade is canceled for the second straight year in Cap-Haitien.
Technology
Social Media and Its Role Connecting Earthquake Survivors with the Diaspora
Jan. 09, 2020 - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. By Sam Bojarski The 2010 earthquake severed many traditional lines of communication...
Immigrant Voices
Struggle in 17 Syllables: Essential Workers Write COVID Haiku
May. 28, 2020 - This story was originally published on [May 26] by THE CITY. Subway booth clerk Kelebohile Nkhereanye jotted down a few...
Health & Science
Health workers in Haiti play critical role stemming false information
Apr. 22, 2020 - In Haiti, thousands of health care workers are making an effort to educate community members about coronavirus and dispel common misconceptions. While a lack of education on the virus has contributed to many of these misconceptions, technology has facilitated the spread of false information, as it has throughout the world.
Montreal
Haitian Diaspora calls for dialogue
Feb. 05, 2020 - According to Juno7, the inability of political stakeholders to find common ground has become concerning to Haitians both in Haiti...
Editorials
Deportations despite coronavirus is Trump’s cruel, and usual, punishment of Haitians |
Apr. 07, 2020 - This editorial was first published by The Miami Herald on April 7, 2020 If the federal government is sincerely interested...
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