BEFORE SUNDAY, if Dulce Sanchez wanted to vote in her country’s election, she had to buy a ticket and hop a plane to the Dominican Republic. Planning a vacation around an election was not the best way to ensure voter turnout and nurture the country’s young democracy.
“I’ve voted before, but not always, because it’s too [...]
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Influence at a Distance
Posted in New York Press on March 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
After Aristide: On Streets and Airwaves, the Haitian Diaspora Confronts Chaos at Home
Posted in New York Press on March 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
As a multinational coalition of 1900 troops entered Haiti to quell violence and looting last week, policemen lined Rogers Ave. in Brooklyn, where nearby a contingent of 500 Aristide supporters marched toward Prospect Park. Marchers shouted “No Aristide, no peace” and carried their anger on signs reading: “U.S.A. out of Haiti” and “Stop Destabilizing the [...]
The Worm Lady would like to teach the world to…compost
Posted in New York Press on November 18, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
They lie in dark entanglements throughout the city, hidden beneath moistened scraps of newspaper, carefully ingesting a flake of onion skin or shredded oak leaf. Others could be working their way through a clump of dirt, coffee grounds and eggshells.
Radio Free Flatbush: Micro-radio serves immigrant New York
Posted in New York Press on November 4, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
The man known on the air as Manno is on the run.
