Overnight, Hurricane Matthew dropped to Category 3 strength however, sustained winds of about 120 miles per hour are currently battering Florida’s coast. Over 700,000 residents are without power this morning, with the storm’s eye approaching within five miles of the coastline. Matthew is the most powerful Atlantic storm in years and is expected hit Georgia and the Carolinas this weekend. Officials currently put the death toll […]

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Naylor won the National Book Award and the American Book Award for her debut novel, which was later turned into a mini-series helmed by Oprah Winfrey.

Viral photo shows emotional Haitian immigrant graduating at the top of his West Point class. He plans to become a pilot.

This help wanted ad from @InterimHealth posted in a local Pennysaver blatantly states no Haitians will be considered pic.twitter.com/gNLAhVUy9S — David Carlucci (@davidcarlucci) October 18,…

Former botanist Max Gesner Beauvoir, a leader of the Haitian religion popularly known as Vodou, has died.

The bloody origins of the Dominican Republic’s ethnic ‘cleansing’ of Haitians http://t.co/AAISZltapV — tejwo (@tejwo) June 16, 2015 In what critics describe as ethnic “cleansing,”…

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Imagine if the United States passed a new bill that denied citizenship to everyone whose ancestors migrated to the United States anytime after 1929. If…

VIA: Elev8.com Giving back and helping others is what God calls us to do.  Sometimes its hard to know which charities you should trust. Check out these recommendations from Elev8.com: 10) American Red Cross – spends 89.2% of monies raised on the cause, but pays their top executive in excess of half a million a […]

VIA: TheUrbanDaily.com Haiti’s number 1 champion is considering a run for president of Haiti. Internet reports say ‘Clef may be changing careers. ‘Clef is reported as saying “I can’t sing forever.” Read more.

People who made donations to Haiti may be able to get immediate tax relief. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for this special tax relief provision. Only cash contributions made to these charities after Jan. 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, are eligible. This includes contributions made by text message, check, credit card or debit card.

Haitian couple's efforts to reunite with their injured daughter in the U.S. wasn't a typical reunion. It has been an ordeal that involved DNA testing and stress, but it was well worth the fight.

VIA: www.charlotteobserver.com The call came at 4 a.m., India time. Evangelist Franklin Graham, in the country for a crusade, jumped out of bed and answered his vibrating iPhone. It was Michael W. Smith, the contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, calling from Nashville, with an idea: Franklin, he said, I’m producing a song for Haiti and want some […]