The Big Truck That Went By

Kung Fu Pand-Aid

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:03:00 -0400

It’s an age-old conundrum: People are hungry. We spend millions on food aid. They’re...

MINUSTAH: Not going anywhere

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0400

Two of the most-asked questions I’ve gotten lately concern UN peacekeepers in Haiti. Namely:...

Speech at the Clinton School on Haiti, aid, and ‘The Big...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:05:47 -0500

Speech at the Clinton School on Haiti, aid, and ‘The Big Truck That Went By’

The first part of my interview this month with Democracy Now....

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:54:00 -0500

The first part of my interview this month with Democracy Now. Part 2 is on their site.

I did a whole spate of interviews around the book’s release and the third anniversary of the earthquake. You can see more over at facebook.com/thebigtruckthatwentby

Migration (Or, HEY LOOK OVER THERE.)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:22:00 -0500

Queridos Tumblreros, While I intend to keep posting on this site from time to time, I’ve...

On disaster planning

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:28:14 -0400

“But it’s now, in the ample time between emergencies, when the heaviest lifting has to...

On 'economic statecraft,' or how to put a shine on self-interest

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:22:34 -0400

An interesting pair of tweets yesterday from the State Department: 1yr ago #SecClinton laid out our...

Liv la nan figi

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:01:02 -0400

Liv la nan figi: Go see the book’s new Facebook page, which you can like, and where you can...

Gwo Machin

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:36:00 -0400

With publication approaching in January, people have been asking me about the title: What exactly...

Pre-order now! Click above. (If, you know, you want to.)

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:20:00 -0400

Pre-order now! Click above. (If, you know, you want to.)

289 dead at Pakistani garment factory where owners locked exits

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:39:46 -0400

289 dead at Pakistani garment factory where owners locked exits: This story is getting lost this...

My interview about the UN and cholera with @ViewFromTheCave, over on Humanosphere

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:22:33 -0400

My interview about the UN and cholera with @ViewFromTheCave, over on Humanosphere: On the epidemic,...

thepublicarchive: Langston Hughes’ Haiti Scrapbook, 1931

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:55:08 -0400

thepublicarchive:

Langston Hughes’ Haiti Scrapbook, 1931

From left, 2012 Lukas Prize prize winners Daniel J. Sharfstein,...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:26:39 -0400

From left, 2012 Lukas Prize prize winners Daniel J. Sharfstein, Jonathan M. Katz, and Sophia Rosenfeld. Jonathan Alter, right, is chairman of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Committee. Photo by Lisa Abitbol.

Here’s the story.

(via @NiemanReports)

Check out this New York Times video on Caracol, the new factory...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:33:00 -0400

Check out this New York Times video on Caracol, the new factory zone being constructed in the north of Haiti with heavy U.S. support.

Epidemiologist vs. Epidemiologist

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:37:00 -0400

Here’s some reaction to that new study from Maryland, which says a second, environmental...

New (non-UN) cholera evidence?

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:41:00 -0400

NPR’s Richard Knox reports on a new wrinkle in the story of how cholera got to Haiti. A team...

Big Book Deals (belated): Big Truck shoutout in @PublishersWkly

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:03:50 -0400

Big Book Deals (belated): Big Truck shoutout in @PublishersWkly

Worst Logic of the Year, Cholera Division

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:50:00 -0400

Nigel Fisher, United Nations Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, January 2012: “As you...

Clinton's Statement on the Political Situation in Haiti

Sat, 05 May 2012 17:15:16 -0400

Some people are having trouble finding Bill Clinton’s statement calling for the quick...