We look in depth at “The Ransom,” a new series in The New York Times that details how France devastated Haiti’s economy by forcing Haiti to pay massive reparations for the loss of slave labor after enslaved Haitians rebelled, founding the world’s first Black republic in 1804. We speak with historians Westenley Alcenat and Gerald … Continue reading Debt, Coups & Colonialism in Haiti: France & U.S. Urged to Pay Reparations for Destroying Nation_Democracy Now!