Jacob Kushner

Kenya Redefines Marriage In A Blow To Women’s Rights

A push by Kenya’s president and male-dominated parliament to overhaul marriage bodes ill for the nation’s wives, socially and economically.

Jacob Kushner
By Jacob Kushner

NAIROBI, Kenya – President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a new marriage law this week that drastically restricts the rights of women in wedlock. Human rights advocates here and abroad are condemning the law, which grants men the right to marry a second, third or even fourth wife without the previous wives’ permission. Currently, certain traditions allow

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Four Years After The Haiti Earthquake, What Have Billions In US Aid Bought?

The United States spent $2.8 billion to help Haiti rebuild, but the results have been a disaster of a different kind.

Jacob Kushner
By Jacob Kushner

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (GlobalPost) — In the four years since Haiti’s disastrous earthquake, the United States has promised $3.6 billion in aid, at least $2.8 billion of which has already been spent. Has it helped? GlobalPost examined more than one dozen studies and audits to estimate how much of that money made it through US government and NGO

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In Post-earthquake Haiti, A Forgotten Island Is Left To Recover On Its Own

Thousands sought refuge on the island of La Gonave four years ago. But little help ever arrived, something permanent residents know all too well.

Jacob Kushner
By Jacob Kushner

ANSE-A-GALETS, Haiti — To traverse the 13-mile stretch of Caribbean Sea to the island of La Gonave, one must choose between three types of boats, none particularly safe. First there are the “fly boats,” speed boats with outboard motors that race a dozen people from one side to the other. From time to time they flip over. Few records exist as to

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