Puerto Rico
Washington march for Puerto Rico demands stepped-up rebuilding effort
November 27, 2017"We aren’t going to turn our backs on fellow citizens—whether they live in Florida, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico."
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Seeing socialist Cuba with a critical eye
November 16, 2017I sought to experience Cuba in a way that would absolve me of the charge of red romanticism. What I found instead was a people bound together by a Cuban identity forged by the revolution.
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Puerto Rico’s plight, Trump’s response dominates a day at AFL-CIO
October 24, 2017Puerto Rico’s plight, a month after Hurricane Maria smashed the island commonwealth to smithereens, dominated a day at the AFL-CIO convention.
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Puerto Rico necesita un Plan Marshall
October 15, 2017Así como están las cosas, los puertorriqueños se sienten abandonados por su gobierno federal en su momento de mayor necesidad.
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Labor unions bring real rebuilding assistance to Puerto Rico
October 13, 2017Trump blames the Puerto Ricans for their own problems and threatens to cut off all federal aid, but union volunteers are showing up withe real help.
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