Summary: <p>In the wake of the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-killed-b56a0f8fec0832028bdc51e8d59c6af2">assassination</a> of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 7th, international media rushed to cover Haiti’s latest political crisis—painting a familiar picture of a nation in turmoil, Haitians in need, and an international community offering rescue.</p> <p>In this week's podcast extra, <a href="https://twitter.com/miss_talie?lang=en">Nathalie Cerin</a>, co-founder and lead editor of the online Haitian media project <a href="http://woymagazine.com/">Woy Magazine</a>, argues that news consumers just tuning in after the assassination after may miss the bigger picture. Haiti is a country with strong grassroots, pro-democracy movements. But it simultaneously remains plagued by a past (<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/07/19/1018096890/ariel-henry-will-replace-claude-joseph-as-haitis-prime-minister">and present</a>) of United States and United Nations' invasion, occupation, and election meddling. </p> <p>To understand the whole story, guest host <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandyZadrozny">Brandy Zadrozny</a> talks to <a href="https://twitter.com/ginaathena">Gina Athena Ulysse</a>, Professor of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz and author of <em>Why Haiti Needs New Narratives</em>, about how the international media too often spreads dehumanizing narratives of perpetual chaos — setting the stage for intervention — and then looks away.</p>
