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December 17, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
A Haitian Issue Dominican Leaders Deny
Dominican human rights activists lobby for government attention to unrecognized Haitian hardships.
Region
Caribbean
December 16, 2010 | USA Today
Dominican Citizenships Put into Doubt
A change to the Dominican Republic's Constitution, which denies citizenship to children born to undocumented residents, has put into doubt the legal status of people of Haitian descent.
December 15, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Carrefour
Political turmoil continues following Haiti's election, on the heels of a cholera outbreak and ongoing damage and displacement from January's earthquake.
December 14, 2010 | Essence
Fighting Back
A year after Haiti's capital was destroyed by an earthquake, violence and rape haunt the lives of vulnerable women and children living in makeshift settlements. But a handful of Haitians have mobilized to fight for protection and justice for their sisters.
December 14, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Pastor Sainton During the Riots
In the midst of riots and cholera outbreak, Pastor Joel Sainton continues to minister to Haitians with HIV/AIDS.
December 14, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Bebe the Mother
A woman relies on sex work to make ends meet, struggling to support herself and her children following Haiti's earthquake.
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Ganthier
I thought, he said of the wife
who lasted six months, before
the news of this treachery of the
blood, before he lay on his back
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Precious Are The Feet of Those
I will clap my hands,
bundle my fingers into fists,
lift them and shake them
and laugh, this belly laugh
of pure simple joy
for the precious feet
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Job
This is a home,
this is a shelter,
these walls, shaken,
the lines of jagged
cracks, the split
at the ceiling
that lets in light
and rain
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Boy in Blue
The words cluster behind your teeth;
close in, the smooth patina, deep brown,
of your face is alight with the effort:
you, boy, carrying the weight
of an old man
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Storm
From here the mountains around
Port-au-Prince are green; too
far to see the denuded hillside,
too far to see the brown wounds
December 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Bebe's Wish
When you leave from here, head down
Canape Vert to your cooling hotel room,
to the breadfruit casserole and barbecue
chicken, to the closed in peace of your
life