Amy Wilentz

@amywilentz

Amy Wilentz, a 2020 Guggenheim fellow who teaches in the literary journalism program at the University of California, Irvine, is The New Yorker’s former Jerusalem correspondent and the author of Martyrs’ Crossing, a novel about the Oslo peace process in the mid-1990s, among other books.

Haiti protests

Haiti Is in the Streets Haiti Is in the Streets

Exploited by corporate predators, squeezed by the IMF, patronized by international elites, and bled dry by a corrupt government, Haitians refuse to stop rising up.

Oct 24, 2019 / Amy Wilentz

Amos Oz Obituary

Remembering Amos Oz, the Humane Heart of Israel Remembering Amos Oz, the Humane Heart of Israel

How will Israel imagine itself with this uncompromising truth speaker no longer on the scene?

Jan 2, 2019 / Amy Wilentz

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole Without Haiti, the United States Would, in Fact, Be a Shithole

And some other things about the country that Donald Trump doesn’t know and doesn’t care to know.

Jan 12, 2018 / Amy Wilentz

Boycotting Ivanka’s Brand Annoys Donald Trump—but Does It Achieve Anything Else?

Boycotting Ivanka’s Brand Annoys Donald Trump—but Does It Achieve Anything Else? Boycotting Ivanka’s Brand Annoys Donald Trump—but Does It Achieve Anything Else?

An easy, painless boycott—followed by easy, painless shopping.

Feb 11, 2017 / Amy Wilentz

Ivanka Trump

What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work? What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work?

For insight into how the first daughter will manage her signature issue, look no further than her brand’s website.

Feb 1, 2017 / Feature / Amy Wilentz

The Future of a Failed State

The Future of a Failed State The Future of a Failed State

Nations like Haiti don’t “fail” because of their people, 
but because they’ve been relentlessly exploited by 
the more “developed” world.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

Why Baby Doc’s Death Doesn’t Mark the End of Haiti’s Duvalier Era

Why Baby Doc’s Death Doesn’t Mark the End of Haiti’s Duvalier Era Why Baby Doc’s Death Doesn’t Mark the End of Haiti’s Duvalier Era

Corruption in Haiti is still rampant—and the US-backed regime of President Michel Martelly still uses the political toolbox developed by the Duvaliers to control the country....

Oct 14, 2014 / Amy Wilentz

Letters Letters

Art for change, change for art; Haiti: hotels or houses?

Feb 5, 2013 / Our Readers and Amy Wilentz

Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins

Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins

Three years after the earthquake, 350,000 are still living in refugee camps, while millions in aid money is lavished on a tourist hotel.

Jan 9, 2013 / Feature / Amy Wilentz

Duvalier and Haiti’s Triple Threat

Duvalier and Haiti’s Triple Threat Duvalier and Haiti’s Triple Threat

Why was Baby Doc able to return after decades of exile and evade justice, despite his crimes?

Feb 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

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