A Haitian doctor reflects on how gang violence transformed daily life in Haiti, forcing people to live with fear, limited ...

Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, political paralysis, and deep economic distress.

LONG ISLAND, New York -- An 8-year-old girl from Haiti had a Christmas wish to be able to do what most little girls do -- play, jump rope, and run around with her friends. And thanks to a life-saving ...

From 1915 to 1934, the U.S. occupied Haiti. During this 19-year rule, the U.S. changed Haiti’s Constitution, secured ports ...

Pilgrims attend a Mass celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at the namesake church in the Pétion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn ...

A man carries goods at a street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 5, 2021. Haiti defied predictions and perplexed health officials by avoiding a COVID-19 crisis for more than a year, but ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The head of the United Nations called on Haitian authorities Thursday to do more to protect children from recruitment by armed gangs and for the international community to step up efforts to respond ...

Marlene Daut, a historian and expert on the Haitian Revolution, is the author of “The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.” ...

Award-winning scholar Marlene L. Daut unravels the enigma that was Henry Christophe, the revolutionary, freedom-fighter, and only king of Haiti. A powerful biography of Henry Christophe...an expertly ...

A man carries goods at a street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 5, 2021. Haiti defied predictions and perplexed health officials by avoiding a COVID-19 crisis for more than a year, but ...

Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci, to match.