Puerto Rico

If Roseanne Barr was Puerto Rico

Nicholas Powers Jun 4, 2018

If Roseanne Barr died 4,645 times, death upon death; if she were lost like screams in a hurricane; like…

• Culture
• Poetry

C is for Closure: Public Education In Puerto Rico To Be Gutted

Camille Baker Apr 9, 2018

Six months after Hurricane Maria, the island’s Department of Education announces plans to close 283 public schools.

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• National

P is For Privatization

Camille Baker & Lydia McMullen-Laird Dec 27, 2017

How teachers & parents prevented school closings in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

• Education

Island of Light, Island of Shadow

Nicholas Powers Nov 20, 2017

My journey home to Puerto Rico.

• Culture
• National

Solidarity in Action: Puerto Rico Relief Efforts Underway in New York

Lenina Nadal Oct 19, 2017

Meet the people lending a hand and find out how to plug in.

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• New York

A People’s Recovery: Radical Organizing in Post-Maria Puerto Rico

Juan Carlos Dávila Oct 18, 2017

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — After Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, most telecommunications services…

• National

A Storm More Severe

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti Oct 17, 2017

Disaster capitalists descend on debt-ravaged Puerto Rico.

• National

Hurricane Maria Unleashes a New Chapter in US’s Colonial History

Ed Morales Oct 2, 2017

The Trump administration’s delay in sending real aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is par for the course. Our citizens have always been treated as second-class.

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When Greece-Style Austerity Spreads West

Lee Sustar Aug 12, 2015

The U.S. economy continues to expand according to official statistics, but the drive to shrink federal, state and local…

Puerto Rico In the Hoc

Daniel Orsini Aug 5, 2015

In July, Puerto Rico’s Governor Alejandro García Padilla declared the island’s $72 billion debt “unpayable” and called on the…

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