Seismic Inequality

Haiti and Chile are still scrambling to deal with devastating earthquakes while pundits discuss the profound differences between those two natural disasters. Haiti’s January 12 quake was reported as magnitude 7.0, leveled the capital city, and killed more than...

Fighting Like Hell in Haiti

The pioneering labor organizer Mother Jones said, “Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.” That pretty much sums up Haiti’s priorities today. The nation called the “pearl of the Antilles,” back when it was the wealthiest Caribbean colony, has always...

Haiti: Earthquakes and Neo-Colonialism

One can see At just a glance; That Haiti never Had a chance. Our hearts go out to the Haitians. Earthquakes and hurricanes. Disaster after disaster. There’s no letup. We’ll send cash, food, meds, trucks, pumps, clothes, shovels, tarps, bulldozers, cement,...