Sep 24 In the Caribbean, colonialism and inequality mean hurricanes hit harder By Levi Gahman and Gabrielle Thongs, The Conversation The Caribbean is facing its second deadly hurricane in as many weeks. The region's extreme vulnerability to disaster also reflects entrenched inequality. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 5:27 In Puerto Rico after Maria, ‘we’ve got nothing and we don’t know for how long we’ll go without’ By PBS News Hour Stories from storm victims in Puerto Rico are emerging after Hurricane Maria knocked out communications and power on the island. It could take years for some Caribbean islands to fully recover as the storm continues to move across the region… Continue watching
Sep 18 Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there’s no place they belong By Elizabeth Flock Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a “battered wasteland” where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under… Continue reading
Sep 13 Tortola island in the Caribbean ‘like a war zone,’ says hurricane survivor By Larisa Epatko JoeAnne Harrigan, 50, huddled with nine members of her family in the stairwell of her mother’s home when Hurricane Irma smacked Tortola island in the Caribbean on Wednesday. For more than three hours, they took turns holding the door shut… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 3:01 Paradise obliterated by Irma in the British Virgin Islands By PBS News Hour Across the islands of the Caribbean, officials are struggling to get aid to residents after the deadly devastation of what was Hurricane Irma. Penny Marshall of Independent Television News reports from the British Virgin Islands, where British Royal Marines have… Continue watching
Sep 07 PHOTOS: What Hurricane Irma left behind in the Caribbean By Larisa Epatko Hurricane Irma destroyed homes and upended cars in the Caribbean this week on its relentless northwestern journey. It is expected to crash ashore in Florida early Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 07 Hurricane Irma’s staggering power in numbers By Nsikan Akpan As Hurricane Irma churns north of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba, before setting its course toward the U.S., here are some numbers you should keep in mind. Continue reading
Sep 02 St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News The vaccine research has sparked controversy because the lead investigator did not rely on traditional U.S. safety oversight while testing the vaccine. Continue reading
Mar 20 Caribbean artists remember poet Derek Walcott By Elizabeth Flock A Caribbean street photographer, poets, and other writers remember Derek Walcott, a Nobel laureate and Caribbean poet and playwright who died Friday. Continue reading
Dec 28 Column: Why Castro was so deeply loved by some, and hated by others By Nana Brantuo “In this country, our understandings of heroism have always been informed by an ugly past of racial prejudice and discrimination.” Fidel Castro’s death saw the Cuban revolutionary re-enter the U.S. imaginary as a villain, a communist dictator opposed to core… Continue reading