By Editorial Board, November 9, 2017, for The Washington Post AS A CANDIDATE for president last year, Donald Trump felt Haiti’s pain. Campaigning in...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: How Trump can be Haiti’s ‘champion’
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AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Top US general in Afghanistan: No change in Pakistan’s behavior
By Ryan Browne, November 9th, 2017, for CNN The commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, US Army Gen. John Nicholson, said Thursday that...
ON THE MEDIA: Newsonomics: A call to arms (and wallets) in the new era of deregulation and bigger media
By KEN DOCTOR, November 16, 2017, for NeimanLab First Sinclair and now the Kochs are back. In an age of media free-for-all and massive...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history
By The World Staff, October 27, 2017, for WCAI In 1809, when the Haitian Revolution ended and Haiti became indpendent, thousands of white, free...
ON MIGRATION: White nationalists stage anti-refugee protests in Tennessee
By Bryan Woolston, October 28, 2017, for Rueters About 300 white nationalists and neo-Nazis held back-to-back rallies in two small Tennessee cities...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Violence is so bad in parts of Afghanistan that Red Cross clinics are shutting their doors
By Antonio Olivo, October 26, 2017, for The Washington Post A smiling physiotherapist beams in a framed photo inside the Red Cross center here,...
HAITI NEWS AND VIEWS: Haitian Immigrants March for TPS Extension
By Amanda Plasencia and Brandon Lopez, October 28th, 2017, for NBC Miami As Seen on Air Time is running out for Haitians living in the United States...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: The Man Who Thought He Could Fix Afghanistan
To get something done in Afghanistan, you need to know Scott Guggenheim. But even the ultimate fixer isn’t sure anyone can solve the country’s...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Ex-Refugee Who Slept Rough in Rome Now Runs Several Businesses, Dreams of Rebuilding Afghanistan
By Nicole Valentini, 26 October 2017, for Global Voices On an autumn night in 1994, the Taliban were getting ready to conquer Afghanistan. Only two...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Pakistan Mocks US Military Mission in Afghanistan
By: Ayaz Gul, October 26, 2017, for VOA News ISLAMABAD — America's security "failures" in Afghanistan are evident from events of the week...
ON MIGRATION: A New Era in Cuban Migration
Pulitzer Center Projects Grantees: JOSÉ ANTONIO IGLESIAS, MARIO J. PENTÓN, LUIS TRELLES, and ROLANDO ARRIETA Launched: September 26, 2017 The Obama...
AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: How Taliban are evolving to compete in Afghanistan
By: Scott Peterson, October 26, 2017, for CSMonitor A SHIFT IN THOUGHT - The once mostly Pashtun insurgency is broadening its ranks, amending its...