FILE - Andre "Dadou" Pasquet, left, sings and plays guitar with the Magnum compas band during a practice session in North Miami, Fla. Thursday, May 8, 2008. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Compas, a beloved ...

Across the nation, judges, probation and parole officers are increasingly using algorithms to assess a criminal defendant’s likelihood of becoming a recidivist – a term used to describe criminals who ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Researchers at Dartmouth College have found that a computer program widely used by ...

Rodney Noel was promoting artists in the Haitian music scene back in the 1990s when he and his business partner realized something was missing in Miami’s cultural landscape. There were outdoor ...

In February 2013, Eric Loomis was found driving a car that had been used in a shooting. He was arrested, and pleaded guilty to eluding an officer. In determining his sentence, a judge looked not just ...

Miami’s Haitian Compas Festival has endured it all through the years. It has bounced between venues, staved off competition, tried being a two-day event and has seen its celebrations dampen by rain ...

Haiti Compas FILE - Andre "Dadou" Pasquet, left, sings and plays guitar with the Magnum compas band during a practice session in North Miami, Fla. Thursday, May 8 ...