Jimmy Cherizier, the leader of the “G9 Family and Allies” gang, talks with members of his gang while taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Tuesday. Internationally, he’s known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man behind a fuel blockade …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti’s capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons. Internationally, he’s known as Haiti’s most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for “serious human rights abuses,” and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean …
Bill Withers, who died on Monday at age 81, had a gift for plain-spoken deep feeling. “Grandma’s Hands” As a kid in Slab Fork, W.Va., Withers would go to church with his mother’s mother and watch her hands as she clapped to the music. “Use Me” On his second album “Still Bill,” Withers was working with the Watts 103rd Street …
