The Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. brings the promise of a leader who spoke directly to Haitian and Haitian-American concerns. Underscoring his commitment to diversity, Biden has selected two Haitian-American leaders for White House roles.
By Larisa Karr Dixie Sandborn, a Michigan professor, knew nothing about Haitian culture until she began raising the two children…
Scores of Haitian-Americans have been spreading debunked conspiracy theories and jokes about the novel coronavirus vaccine.
By Larisa Karr When Minna LaFortune was a young girl in Jamaica, her parents warned her about the small black…
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by…
The Halloween Pumpkin Hunt 2020 website launched just a few days ago. More than 50 households in several Brooklyn neighborhoods, Queens, Philadelphia and Westport, Connecticut, have signed up. The beauty of the hunt is that it can quite literally be done anywhere.
As anti-government protesters in Haiti’s capital blocked principal roads and clashed with police last year, Stanley Joseph and Daphne Gerard used the city’s winding and potholed backroads to make it to church for their wedding, decked out in all their finery. “We always have problems in Haiti. You can’t wait. You just have to get on and overcome them,” said Joseph.
President Jovenel Moise said Haiti will receive 190 megawatts, but after he didn’t keep his promise of giving the country electricity 24/7 it’s hard for the people to believe him.
By Francesca Andre As the coronavirus takes hold in Haiti and the Caribbean, officials in Haiti grapple with a rapidly…
Immediately after New York City’s lockdown orders went into effect in mid-March, Haitian Times founder and editor Garry Pierre-Pierre held…