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Jonathan M. Katz

Jonathan M. Katz is the author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, The Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire. He won the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He now writes The Racket newsletter at theracket.news.

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September 16, 2024
Jonathan M. Katz
Trump’s Anti-Haitian Hate Has Deep American Roots
The former president’s grotesque demagoguery is just the latest in a long line of vicious attacks on residents and immigrants from the island nation.
August 20, 2021
Jonathan M. Katz
The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root
Half a world away from one another, the citizens of two nations are suffering as a result of the corruption and incompetence of the U.S.
January 20, 2021
Jonathan M. Katz
Accountability Is the Cure for an Ailing Democracy
The United States should follow the examples of other nations that were brave enough to make their despotic leaders face justice.
December 12, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
The Paris Deal Is the Start of a Long, Uncertain Road
December 11, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
Who Wants What in the Final Climate Deal
December 10, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
The Ugly Truth Lurking Behind the Climate Talks
As a climate deal nears, power players want accountability (just not for themselves).
December 9, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
At the Climate Conference, the Rich Are Working to Stay Rich
December 8, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
The Climate Talks Are All About Money
Negotiators are relying on fuzzy accounting as the deadline for a deal approaches.
December 7, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
Climate Change Deniers Try to Derail the Paris Talks
The GOP is making its presence felt at the conference.
December 4, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
Inside the Climate Conference’s Indigenous Hut
There's a wide gulf between the public pavilion and negotiations next door.
December 3, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
In Paris, Who Is In a Position to Save The World?
It's a question that threatens to upend the climate conference.
December 2, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
Preparing for Failure in Paris
Outside the climate talks, activists offer their own vision for the future.
December 1, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
The Paris Climate Talks Are About to Get Tense
As the heads of state leave town, the real negotiations are set to begin.
November 30, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
Diplomacy in the Shadow of Terror
In Paris, the climate conference tackles another global threat.
March 4, 2015
Jonathan M. Katz
The Secretary General in His Labyrinth
When Ban Ki-moon was a child, the United Nations saved his village from a war. Can he save the U.N. from irrelevance?
October 24, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
The U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Epidemic. Now the Obama Administration Is Fighting the Victims.
The death toll is nearly double the Ebola outbreak
October 6, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
Jean-Claude Duvalier Is Dead, But He Will Haunt Haiti for Years to Come
June 19, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
Sean Penn Accuses the Media of Ignoring Haiti's Progress. But He's Ignoring a Few Uncomfortable Facts, Too.

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