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Canaan: Haiti's Promised Land
How the residents of Canaan navigate land rights, urban planning, and governance—on their own.
Journalist Jacob Kushner and photographer Allison Shelley return to Haiti to report on the country's newest city, Canaan, born in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Here Kushner discusses the city, now home to between 280,000 and 320,000 people. This single most visible legacy of that disaster offers hope to many Haitians who envision building a better future for their families.
