PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Ketia and her husband are both teachers. Before Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean this past October, they were able to support their three children. However, when, the storm struck, their coastal community of Petit Goâve was among the most affected.
WASHINGTON, DC – When powerful states act, small states are tempted to personalize the action. When small states fragment, powerful states do not need to explain themselves.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Caribbean is living through a moment of rising geopolitical tension. As the United States intensifies pressure on the Maduro government in Venezuela, the ripples reach CARICOM shores fast. None of these countries chose this confrontation, yet each of them is forced to navigate its consequences.
WASHINGTON, DC – In my article last week, “Hunger and War: The Oldest Crime the World Still Permits,” I argued that global hunger is not caused by a lack of food but by political decisions that produce war, destroy livelihoods, and block humanitarian access.
When New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke directly to Black boys at a recent inauguration, his words spread quickly. Clips ricocheted across phones and timelines far beyond City Hall.
Family caregiving happens quietly. It occurs before sunrise and long after everyone else has gone to bed. Most of the time, it is women who take on this work, and very often it is Black women in Caribbean families. I saw this growing up in Trinidad, and I continue to see it in my clinical work. Caregivers are the ones who keep life moving when illness, aging, or crisis enters a home. They are the steady hands behind the scenes, holding up people who feel too tired to stand on their own.
WASHINGTON, DC – The governments of the world’s powerful nations have learned to live with disregard for human suffering. That is the bleak truth behind a new UN report whose numbers should shame every leader or diplomatic representative who speaks of global responsibility.
WASHINGTON, DC – 2025 has drawn to a close, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stands at a moment that calls for less rhetoric and more realism. CARICOM is experiencing a period in which external pressure is intensifying, new norms are hardening among powerful states, and the need for small states to navigate emerging demands is growing.
WASHINGTON, DC - The United Nations is being starved quietly. This month in New York, the Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned the General Assembly’s budget committee that the UN is entering a “race to bankruptcy.”
A curse is a terrible thing, as it inflicts great harm on the person who is cursed, and gives great power to the one who is inflicting that curse. And to make it worse, sometimes those curses don’t go away when the person dies, but are passed on down from generation to generation. Cursed forever.
WASHINGTON, DC – The recent proclamation issued by the Government of the United States, announcing its intention to suspend the entry of nationals of Antigua and Barbuda and the Commonwealth of Dominica, effective at 12:01 a.m. on 1 January 2026, has understandably caused concern among citizens of the two Caribbean countries. Since then, it has been learned that nationals of other Caribbean countries, including government ministers, have been denied U.S. visas.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has come to a close, bringing and the collective exhale that sometimes follows never came.
WASHINGTON, DC – Blessed by nature with lush forests, coral reefs and a strategic location near Mexico and the United States, Belize’s economy is highly reliant on tourism, which directly contributes about 12 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). But infrastructure bottlenecks restrict the future growth of the tourism industry.
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