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Love in the Time of the Haitian Cholera
I’ve always admired the haunting beauty and sad grace of Gabriel García Márquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera. But I never imagined that his title would conjure the force we’ll need to fight Haiti’s freshest suffering: an outbreak of cholera that threatens the loss of thousands of lives. It’s fitting that the novel…
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Fasting for Darfur and Haiti and Chicago
This is my 16th day of fasting for Darfur, Haiti (where I visit once a month now) and my hometown, Chicago. I waited until the hoopla of Mia Farrow’s hunger strike was over to announce my decision to do this. I began my fast on May 1st. Only Diaspora people are allowing this pain flow…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
