Jan 26 Watch In Chaos of Post-Earthquake Haiti, Artists Create Poetry Amid Rubble On his recent reporting trip to Haiti, Jeffrey Brown explored the story of Haitian poets and artists surviving -- and creating -- amid the rubble of last year's earthquake. Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch News Wrap: House Passes Bill to Halt Public Financing for Presidential Campaigns In other news Wednesday, the GOP-led House passed a bill that would end public financing for presidential campaigns. Republicans said it would save $617 million over 10 years. Also, the Federal Reserve said it will maintain efforts to boost the… Continue watching
Jan 26 Wednesday: Poetry Amid the Rubble By Molly Finnegan More from Jeffrey Brown's last report from his recent trip to Haiti, one year after the earthquake. Continue reading
Jan 18 Violence Against Women Among Challenges in Haiti By Talea Miller Human rights groups are calling for more security measures in the tent camps of Port-au-Prince to reduce the number of rapes and incidents of sexual violence. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Exiled Dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier Returns to Haiti After 25 years in exile, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier landed at the Port-au-Prince airport, leading human rights groups to urge authorities to arrest the ousted leader. Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch How Will Duvalier’s Return Impact Haiti’s Turmoil? Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Jason Beaubien in Port-au-Prince about the possible implications of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's surprise return to the country. Continue watching
Jan 14 Conversation: Haitian Literature Is a Living Art By Molly Finnegan American readers may be familiar with the work of Haiti ex-pat Edwidge Danticat, but who are the voices we miss? And what is the role of literature and poetry in the life of the average Haitian citizen?… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Cholera Outbreak Compounds Haiti’s Woes Jeffrey Brown looks at the battle against a cholera epidemic in Haiti, one year after a devastating earthquake upset an already fragile infrastructure. Continue watching
Jan 13 For Haitian Writers, Identity is Wrapped up in History and Hope In Haiti, not only was reading certain books dangerous, but writers were commonly known to be the agitators of dissent, those who -- with the spark of a word -- might ignite an upheaval in the minds and hearts of… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Haiti Slow to Rebuild in Aftermath of Devastating Quake Jeffrey Brown traveled to Haiti to look at the struggle to rebuild and recover a year after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby area. Continue watching