Haiti

I want the U.S. military invasion of Haiti to stop now. Haiti needs 12,000 doctors. Obama sent 12,000 troops to help us to death.read more

Carvens Lissaint is a Haitian-American poet and performer from New York City. His poem "Haiti" was written a year ago and has a startling prophetic tone in the wake of the recent tragic events there. Carvens' mother was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, and fortunately is safe and back home with her family. As Haiti struggles to rebuild after the natural disaster, and the U.S. and UN continue to focus more on "security" than relief, Carvens reminds us that the best people to lead the reconstruction of a community are the members of that community themselves.

Haiti needs 12,000 doctors, Obama sent 12,000 troops to help us to death.read more

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We must not allow ourselves to turn a blind eye to the continued degradation of an entire country. We must not permit millions of our brothers and sisters to live without a real measure of dignity. We must never again sustain such depraved indifference.read more

He’s reacted swiftly, he’s struck the right moral tone, and he’s pledged $100 million in aid. But did he have to appoint George W. Bush? And what if U.S. troops start firing on looters in Haiti?read more

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Wolf Blitzer acts like he’ll be sorely disappointed if the death toll doesn’t exceed 100,000. He’s turning himself into a pornographer of disaster, a carnival barker of death.read more

My guest this week is Margaret Trost. She’s the author of On That Day Everybody Ate: One Woman’s Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti.

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While most Americans have understandably been concerned about Ike’s assault on Texas, people in Haiti just a few hundred miles away are suffering an even worse fate.read more