The heritage of hair for Dominicans
Duarte Geraldino went to Santo Domingo and spoke to a young businesswoman who addressed the touchy issue
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Duarte Geraldino went to Santo Domingo and spoke to a young businesswoman who addressed the touchy issue
Miss Rizos uses African and African-American hairstyles to affirm blackness in straight-hair-obsessed country
Dominican Republic’s treatment of people of Haitian descent is like discrimination Jews have faced, rabbis say
Those without one Dominican parent are still fighting to stay in the country of their birth
Those without at least one Dominican parent are fighting to stay in the country of their birth
Thousands who fled the Dominican Republic or were deported live in miserable conditions
Wesolowski died of an unidentified 'sudden illness' before the high-ranking Vatican prelate could go to trial
Human rights groups have raised concerns over racism and xenophobia towards darker-skinned Haitians.
Among those who left Dominican Republic voluntarily, harassment, intimidation and racial discrimination cited as reasons
The sugar barons of America, the Fanjul brothers, have a cozy relationship with the US government