Feb. 26, 2021 - UPDATED STORY (2/26/21, 6:00 p.m.) — Police shot and killed Arnel Joseph, the most dominant gang leader in Haiti during the late 2010s, one day after he escaped from Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison during an outbreak that left 25 people dead, government officials said.

Feb. 26, 2021 - Numerous nonprofits provide university scholarships to Haitian students. But the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP), founded in 1996, prides itself on its alumni giving program that allows graduates to support current students.

Feb. 25, 2021 - With central Brooklyn neighborhoods reporting some of the lowest vaccination rates in the city, the Medgar Evers site at 231 Crown St., near the corner of Nostrand Avenue, is one of the largest in New York State. Officials say the Medgar location can administer up to 3,000 vaccines per day. The state partnered with the National Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency to open the vaccination site.

Feb. 23, 2021 - "As a black Haitian-American female, I see the health disparities before my eyes,” Johna Denis said. “Even down to where you live, like your zip code, a group of people may be at risk of getting a disease or illness, unlike others…I want to help change that.”

Feb. 23, 2021 - Merlande Petithomme, a Haitian-American competitive hairstylist, is featured in an episode of the Netflix documentary series, “We Are the Champions,” which began streaming in November. The show presents such lesser-known competitions as cheese rolling in rural England, yo-yoing and frog jumping.

Feb. 19, 2021 - A $200,000 grant from Morehouse School of Medicine is helping a diaspora coalition deliver credible information on the COVID-19 pandemic to Haitian-Americans nationwide.

Feb. 03, 2021 - A flight charted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and filled with 102 Haitians landed in Port-au-Prince Monday, in spite of an immigration moratorium announced by President Joe Biden last month.

Feb. 16, 2021 - Haitian drumming as a symbol of protests across the diaspora for centuries

Feb. 18, 2021 - Haitian-American Mathieu Eugene, long-time council member for Brooklyn's District 40, has given substantially more funding to organizations outside of his district than to those inside.

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Feb. 25, 2021 - Small businesses and nonprofits with less than 20 employees will have exclusive access to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for 14 days, the Biden administration has announced. The exclusive application period began Feb. 24 and contains measures that could help immigrant-run businesses access loans.

Feb. 24, 2021 - “Changing the culture of museums and changing how people are treated in museums [and] changing who we feel like museums belong to and what kind of stories they're supposed to archive and collect,” said Haitian-American Kantara Souffrant, curator of community dialogue at the Milwaukee Museum of Art.

Feb. 18, 2021 - As more doses of the coronavirus vaccine become available nationwide, Haitian-American leaders have worked to combat vaccine misinformation and help vulnerable community members schedule appointments.

Feb. 17, 2021 - Haiti and Haitians have influenced American history and culture significantly through the centuries.

Feb. 19, 2021 - Why President Jovenel Moïse held Haiti's annual carnival that drew streams of maskless revelers is confounding in its recklessness.

Feb. 22, 2021 - The Haitian electoral system is highly centralized with an electoral council whose members the government appoints. Additionally, this same government chooses the date of the elections, finances the elections, establishes the eligibility criteria for candidates at all levels, and tabulates and publishes the results.

Feb. 26, 2021 - My outrage over Mathieu Eugene's discretionary spending habits was shared by many Haitian community leaders whom Eugene has disparaged since he has represented the 40th Council District, which includes Flatbush and East Flatbush — the heartbeat of the Haitian diaspora in the northeast.

Feb. 04, 2021 - A list of Black History Month events from Florida and New York.

Jan. 25, 2021 - While attending a Covid-19 memorial on the evening before her inauguration, the Vice President elect wore a coat designed by the ascendant fashion label Pyer Moss. It signals an early commitment to uplifting independent designers.

Oct. 14, 2020 - Babies shot dead, gangland massacres, murders and beatings mark prolonged period of mayhem not seen since era of coups.

Sep. 15, 2020 - Barbancourt Rhum, an $18 million business, has survived Haiti’s tumultuous history of coups, embargoes and natural disasters to become a world-renowned brand in the spirits industry. Lately, a family fight for company control has pitted its late leader Thierry Gardere's only child and his siblings against one another.

Sep. 07, 2020 - Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Rene Max Auguste says demand for solar panels at his store in the Haitian capital,...