Feb 16 Watch 25:00 February 16, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 16, Pope Francis defrocks former U.S. cardinal and archbishop Theodore McCarrick for sex abuse, the latest on violent protests in Haiti, victims of the Aurora, Illinois mass shooting are identified, and the story of… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 4:32 Violent protests in Haiti may mean a humanitarian crisis By PBS NewsHour Violent protests in Haiti against the government are threatening the country with a humanitarian crisis. President Jovenel Moïse is refusing to resign, there is mounting debt, and allegations of corruption. Both the U.S. and Canada are warning citizens not to… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 10:11 On the front lines: One doctor’s decades-long fight to heal Haiti By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti created an unprecedented health crisis that led the U.S. to grant Haitians Temporary Protected Status. But with the Trump administration's plan to eliminate TPS, 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. may be deported. NewsHour… Continue watching
Jan 14 Men dressed as police massacred civilians in Haiti, witnesses say By Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press Witnesses, a human-rights group and a Catholic charity told The Associated Press that at least 21 men were slain over a 24-hour period in a Nov. 13 massacre. Continue reading
Jan 09 Trump move to cut off temporary status for Haitians heads to trial By Adam Geller, Associated Press The case, in New York, centers on the Temporary Protected Status program, which has allowed about 50,000 people from Haiti to live and work in the U.S. temporarily since a devastating earthquake in 2010. Continue reading
Oct 08 Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 15 By Evens Sanon, Associated Press Another 333 people are injured, according to updated figures released Monday by authorities, as rescue crews worked to help victims spooked by strong aftershocks. Continue reading
Oct 07 Haiti earthquake kills 11, injures 135 By Associated Press Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 11 people and left 135 injured. Continue reading
Jan 24 NAACP Legal Defense Fund sues over Trump’s decision to rescind protected status for Haitians By Yamiche Alcindor The NAACP Legal Defense Fund says the the Department of Homeland Security took “irrational and discriminatory government action, denying Haitian immigrants their right to due process and equal protection under the Fifth Amendment.”… Continue reading
Jan 14 Trump defends self after comments, says: ‘I am not a racist’ By Associated Press President Donald Trump says in the wake of his recent comments about Haiti and African countries that "I am not a racist."… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 24:58 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 13, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 13, more fallout from President Trump’s reported use of vulgar language for African nations. Also, how Ukraine became the biggest obstacle in relations with Russia since the Cold War. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New… Continue watching