Trapped in the Pack: How US Reporters Cover the Haiti Story
An interview with New Channels Communications’ Ellen Braune and the Haiti Information Bureau’s Jane Regan.
Haitian Women Are Out of Frame
When President Clinton sat down in front of U.S. television cameras to explain “why the U.S. is leading the international effort to restore democratic government in Haiti” (10/16/94), he emphasized the violation of Haitian women’s human rights. “International observers uncovered a terrifying pattern of soldiers and policemen raping the wives and daughters of suspected political […]
Drafting Students Into the ‘War on Immigration’
California’s Proposition 187, voted into law this November, denies access to education, non-emergency health care and other social services to undocumented immigrants. Many of those affected are students, as were many of the leading opponents to the measure, with youth in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities organizing walkouts and demonstrations. While youth are […]
