The Right’s Continued Dominance in the Dominican Republic
After two decades of rule by the reactionary Dominican Liberation Party reign, the task of democratizing the Dominican Republic remains a difficult one.
Checkpoint Nation
In the Dominican Republic, Haitian-descendants face profiling and scrutiny deep within the country's borders.
Revitalizing Feminism in the Dominican Republic
Remembering the Mirabal sisters, murdered under the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, and the feminist rebirth in the Dominican Republic.
A “Green Tide” Engulfs the D.R.
Against a history of repression, corruption, and impunity, a growing social movement in the Dominican Republic demands change.
One Hundred Years After the Occupation
A century later, the legacies of the U.S. military intervention of the Dominican Republic persist.
Polyarchy in the Dominican Republic: The Elite versus the Elite
The two leading candidates in the upcoming Dominican Republic presidential election differ little when it comes to economic policy and the targeting of migrant and migrant-descendant communities.
The Origins of Anti-Haitian Sentiment in the Dominican Republic
Beginning as an elite construction rather than a popular attitude, the widespread vilification of Haitians began under the brutal Trujillo dictatorship.
Reading Neoliberal Anti-Blackness in the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Policies
Most critics have failed to recognize the central role of neoliberalism in the Dominican Republic's wave of anti-Black policies. The law has an underlying fear: the presence of the very Haitian migrants it depends on.
Life in a Border Town Marred by Tension
The part of the border that divides the Dominican Republic from Haiti on the southern coast of the island of Hispaniola is seldom reached by outsiders, and the conflicts that transcend the metal gate between the towns of Pedernales, on the Dominican side, and Anse-à-Pitre, in Haiti, seem reminiscent of the children's stories of Dr. Seuss that warn against infantile stubbornness and teach the morals of cooperation.
A Giant Step Backward: The Dominican Republic Reforms Its Constitution
In a region where leaders' efforts to reform their nations' constitutions dominate the headlines, one political regime is flying under the radar in its efforts to radically overhaul its foundational political charter. On November 16, an assembly in the Dominican Republic overwhelmingly approved the final draft of sweeping reforms for what may become the most reactionary constitution in the Americas. The constitutional reforms are expected to be officially signed into law by President Leonel Fernández in a ceremony in early December.
Justice Delayed—But Not Denied
In July, Dominicans celebrated guilty verdicts handed down against four confessed murderers of Orlando Martínez, a young journalist killed in
