“Haiti is now facing the prospect of living without any traces of a recognizable state for the first time in a long time,” says MIT’s Malick Ghachem.

Demands are growing for the return of artifacts looted or otherwise acquired during the period of the British Empire.

With the exception of humanitarian aid, the majority of funding isn’t reaching people of color, according to author and philanthropy expert Edgar Villanueva.

Someone had to pay for American colonies. Enter the British merchants adventurers.