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Colonialism Birthed the Zombie Movie
The first feature-length zombie movie emerged from Haitians’ longstanding association of the living dead with slavery and exploited labor.
by
Livia Gershon
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Jennifer Fay
via
JSTOR Daily
on
October 31, 2022
The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root
Half a world away, the citizens of two nations suffer at the hands of a familiar malefactor.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
The New Republic
on
August 20, 2021
The Island Nation Whose History Reflects America’s
Rich Benjamin’s new book reveals a shared spirit between the world’s first Black republic and the United States.
by
Danielle Amir Jackson
via
The Atlantic
on
February 27, 2025
Haiti’s Agents Of Fear
Haitians are caught between the grip of violent gangs and the messy legacies of foreign intervention.
by
Matthew J. Smith
via
Noema
on
October 29, 2024
Trump’s Anti-Haitian Hate Has Deep American Roots
The former president’s grotesque demagoguery is just the latest in a long line of vicious attacks on residents and immigrants from the island nation.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
The New Republic
on
September 16, 2024
The U.S. Has Never Forgiven Haiti
What 220 years of Haitian independence means for how we tell the story of abolition and the development of human rights around the world.
by
Leslie M. Alexander
via
Public Books
on
January 11, 2024
partner
Biden’s Border Policies Target Haitians. That’s No Accident.
The long history undergirding our harsh bipartisan migration policies.
by
Leslie M. Alexander
via
Made By History
on
May 11, 2023
The Marine Who Turned Against U.S. Empire
What turned Smedley Butler into a critic of American foreign policy?
by
Patrick Iber
via
The New Republic
on
January 11, 2022
A Timeline Of U.S.–Haiti Relations
Key events in the relationship between the two nations, as compiled by The Onion.
via
The Onion
on
July 23, 2021
U.S. Intervention in Haiti Would Be a Disaster—Again
The nation’s poverty and chaos has been shaped by Washington for decades.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
Foreign Policy
on
July 13, 2021
Haiti is Stuck in a Cycle of Upheaval. Its People Suffer The Most.
The assassination of the president is part of a pattern that undermines democracy.
by
Laurent Dubois
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Millery Polyné
via
Washington Post
on
July 10, 2021
partner
Stereotypes About Haiti Erase the Long History of U.S.-Haiti Ties
After the assassination of the Haitian president, the U.S. should avoid old patterns of interference.
by
Robert Taber
via
Made By History
on
July 8, 2021
How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean
The expansion of banks like Citigroup into Cuba, Haiti, and beyond reveal a story of capitalism built on blood, labor, and race.
by
Peter James Hudson
via
Boston Review
on
June 18, 2019
Don’t Be So Quick to Defend Woodrow Wilson
It would be a grave mistake to ignore the link between Wilson’s white supremacy at home and his racist militarism abroad.
by
Greg Grandin
via
The Nation
on
November 24, 2015
‘They’re Eating Pets’ – Another Example of US Politicians Smearing Haiti and Haitian Immigrants
Trump’s baseless claims about migrants in Ohio reflect a long history of prejudice against Haitians. In Washington, those falsehoods have driven policy.
by
Nathan H. Dize
via
The Conversation
on
September 17, 2024
Don’t Be So Quick to Laud Woodrow Wilson
An effort is underway to restore President Wilson’s reputation as a great reformer. His best reforms were won by a mass movement, often pushing against Wilson.
by
Henry Snow
via
Jacobin
on
March 14, 2024
The Plot Against American Democracy That Isn't Taught in Schools
How the authors of the Depression-era “Business Plot” aimed to take power away from FDR and stop his “socialist” New Deal.
by
Jonathan M. Katz
via
Rolling Stone
on
January 1, 2022
What Woodrow Wilson Did to Robert Smalls
We all know, in the abstract, that Wilson was a white supremacist. But here’s how he wielded his racism against one accomplished Black American.
by
Aderson François
via
The New Republic
on
July 3, 2020
Beyond People’s History
On Paul Ortiz’s “African American and Latinx History of the United States.”
by
Samantha Schuyler
via
Los Angeles Review of Books
on
September 29, 2018
The Woman Who Transformed How We Teach Geography
By blending education and activism, Zonia Baber made geography a means of uniting—not conquering—the globe.
by
Leila McNeill
via
Smithsonian
on
January 18, 2018
partner
Racism Has Always Driven U.S. Policy Toward Haiti
On Haiti, Donald Trump sounds a lot like Thomas Jefferson.
by
Brandon R. Byrd
via
Made By History
on
January 14, 2018
Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole
And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.
by
Amy Wilentz
via
The Nation
on
January 12, 2018
Births of a Nation
Cedric Robinson has a great deal to teach us about Trumpism and the significance of resistance in determining the future.
by
Robin D. G. Kelley
via
Boston Review
on
March 6, 2017
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