Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico death toll figure comes as statehood support rises
August 30, 2018A statehood bill now has 54 supporters from both parties, including the chairman of the House committee that would handle it.
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From Katrina to Maria: Disaster capitalism’s playbook for school reform
August 8, 2018If the people of Puerto Rico want to see the future of their public education system, they need only look to New Orleans.
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UN human rights panel to discuss U.S. income inequality
June 18, 2018UN inspections of Puerto Rico after the hurricanes helped prompt its High Commission to investigate income inequality as a human rights violation in the U.S.
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Climate justice and economy: Demands at NYC’s Puerto Rican Day Parade
June 14, 2018Under cloudy skies with an intermittent drizzle, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican people and their allies turned out for the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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Sotomayor says Puerto Rico recovery “decades” away
June 11, 2018The island’s difficulties are compounded by “a great deal of red tape” from the federal government.
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