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Uganda Gay Kill: “U.S. Evangelicals Must Take Responsibility”
by Kai Wright on January 27 2011, 3:40PM
A prominent LGBT human rights advocate is beaten to death; friends and colleagues say its part of hateful climate U.S. right brought to Uganda.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs, Kai Wright
U.S. Resumes Deportations to Troubled Haiti
by Jamilah King on January 24 2011, 4:12PM
Still no word on whether the U.S. will extend the deadline for Temporary Protective Status.
Topics: Global Affairs
Poet Susana Chavez’s Death Sparks Outrage in Juarez
by Jamilah King on January 14 2011, 2:56PM
Her death has reignited suspicions about why the deaths of over 500 women in the region have gone unsolved.
Topics: Global Affairs
U.S. Set to Resume Deportations to Haiti
by Seth Freed Wessler on January 14 2011, 11:30AM
And the situation’s worse for people with even minor criminal convictions.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti
Haiti’s Remarkable HIV Turnaround May Be Undone by Earthquake
by Rod McCullom on January 12 2011, 3:17PM
Global health watchers worry the island’s epidemic is exploding anew as the recovery drags on.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti, Health
Hoping for Peace as South Sudan Set to be World’s Newest Country
by Farid Farid on January 11 2011, 10:27AM
After the euphoria of independence, the real struggle is to make sure things don’t fall apart
Topics: Global Affairs
Good Intentions Haven’t Done Much For Haiti
by Jamilah King on December 13 2010, 4:43PM
Joe Mozingo at the Los Angeles Times reports that foreign aid workers do more harm than good.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti
Haitian Election Drama Could Spill Into Next Year
by Jamilah King on December 1 2010, 12:55PM
How much have international aid efforts hurt the country’s slow recovery?
Topics: Global Affairs
Haitian Protestors Clash With U.N. Troops Over Cholera Outbreak
by Jamilah King on November 17 2010, 12:43PM
Angry residents call U.N. presence an “occupation.”
Topics: Global Affairs
Haitian Elections Continue Amid Disaster, Cholera
by Jamilah King on November 12 2010, 1:29PM
The United Nations recently made an international appeal for $163 million in aid.
Topics: Global Affairs
Wyclef Ends Presidential Bid, Plans Next Album
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 10:15AM
The singer’s troubled campaign is finally over.
Topics: Global Affairs
Mexico’s Birthday Blues: U.S. Border Security
by Seth Freed Wessler on September 17 2010, 9:00AM
This summer, President Obama deployed 1,200 National Guard to patrol the border.
Topics: Global Affairs
In France and America, Bigotry Knows No Borders
by Michelle Chen on September 15 2010, 10:00AM
The French may not think much of Americans, but both countries’ governments share a singular antipathy for “outsiders.”
Topics: Global Affairs
On the Way Out, Washington Tramples on Iraqi Women
by Michelle Chen on September 8 2010, 10:00AM
Iraqi women are left holding up half the sky in the midst of a ravaged political and economic landscape.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs, On Gender
Fidel Castro Owns Up to Persecuting Gays in Cuba
by Julianne Hing on September 2 2010, 2:11PM
“If someone is responsible, it’s me,” Castro told journalists.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs
Wyclef Just Won’t Face The Music
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 26 2010, 4:14PM
Now he’s made a protest song to appeal to the masses.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti
Wyclef Says His Troubled Haiti Campaign Isn’t Done Yet
by Jamilah King on August 20 2010, 10:09AM
Shady money dealings, and Haitian residency, become the candidate’s biggest roadblocks.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti
U.S. Considers Lifting Cuban Travel Embargo
by Julianne Hing, Hatty Lee on August 18 2010, 5:48PM
Here’s a peek at modern life in the country.
Topics: Global Affairs, Politics
Letter Urges French to Repay Haiti’s “Independence Debt”
by Jamilah King on August 16 2010, 10:46AM
Activists claim France “extorted” the money, now estimated to be worth $22 billion.
Topics: Global Affairs, Haiti
Naomi Campbell Defends Her Blood Diamond Testimony
by Julianne Hing on August 13 2010, 5:07PM
Still claims she didn’t know a thing about those “dirty looking stones.”
Topics: Global Affairs
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