Homelands co-founder, senior producer and current board president Cecilia Vaisman was part of a multimedia team working on the Open Society Institute’s initiative on statelessness. She conducted interviews with people of Haitian descent who are …
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Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Caribbean Dreams
Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Caribbean Dreams
Different sorts of dreams collide in the Dominican Republic, where industrial parks, sugar cane fields, and a posh resort all belong to a single U.S. corporation.
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Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Celebrating the Discovery
Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Celebrating the Discovery
Preparations for the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in the Americas raise questions about the value of celebrating the event that led to the European conquest.
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Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Sugar and Sorrow in Hispaniola
Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
Vanishing Homelands
Sugar and Sorrow in Hispaniola
Haitian sugar cane workers in the Dominican Republic live in squalid conditions. Although the sugar they produce is exported to the United States, the U.S. government has declined to intervene.