May 11, 2017 Cuba Before the Crowds: A Journey Through Time and Hospitality Originally published May 11, 2017 • Refreshed layout and restored long-form narrative Havana, Before the Tide I went to Havana to feel it before the rush—on a budget, moving slowly, and trusting the kindness of strangers. I

A hemispheric divide defined by two women, two nations, and one superpower. PREAMBLE — LEADERSHIP IN THE SHADOW OF AMERICAN POWER How do we truly perceive leadership when the world’s most powerful nation is exerting pressure across our hemisphere? And what does it reveal about the character of leaders who

In Trinidad and Tobago, we have an old saying: “What is joke for school chile, is death for crapaud.” It comes from a cruel little game children once played pelting a frog with sticks and stones, laughing as though it were fun, never grasping the torment they were inflicting. The frog

That Begins the Story How did I arrive here, I wonder. Because the flux in the political atmosphere is overwhelmingly tormenting — that black hole of emotion, the kind that pulls the body, mind, and spirit into exhaustion. The scenarios keep circling, repeating, unraveling — until the regime that punctured

There’s a gaping crack in the dome of our democracy. And we’ve been given no choice but to cover it with temporary band-aids, with no forecast of a permanent fix. We were on the verge of losing the very air we breathe. Because when a government shuts down, it isn’t