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Study: Puerto Rico death toll 4x higher than official number given after Hurricane Maria
A Harvard University research team led by scientists at the school’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted randomized surveys of households in Puerto Rico about their experiences during and after Hurricane Maria. From those surveys, researches concluded that somewhere around 4,645 “excess deaths” are related to the hurricane.
Puerto Rico governor orders review of Hurricane Maria death toll following discrepencies
Puerto Rico’s governor Ricardo Rossello has ordered an official review of the death toll of Hurricane Maria on the island due to a report cited by the New York Times that sets the deceased at well over 1,000 people. The official toll from September was set at 64 people, which is an enormous gap. Rossello […]
Supplies meant for Puerto Ricans suffering hurricane aftermath found abandoned
According to reports from Think Progress, water, food, baby supplies, Tylenol, and other items were found abandoned in ten trailers packed full of donations for Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria. The items donated were allegedly found rotting in a rat-infested environment at a state elections office parking lot on the island. Authorities have already […]
Power restored to many Puerto Ricans after Wednesday blackout on island still reeling from hurricanes
By 7 AM Thursday, power was restored to most of Puerto Rico after a snafu on Wednesday caused a full island blackout. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said 1.1 million of the authority’s 1.47 million customers regained power by this morning, as Vox reported. “We expect that our previously energized clients will have […]
FCC chair proposes $1 billion to restore networks in Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico post-hurricanes
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai is proposing $954 million for communications expansion and networks improvement in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The islands are still reeling after hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.
Wall Street is trying to siphon money from a distressed Puerto Rico in latest episode of “Disaster Capitalism”
According to a report from Jacobin, Wall Street is attempting to squeeze every last dime out of Puerto Rico that it can while using what Jacobin reporter Lara Merling calls “indefensible” cuts to public servants of Puerto Rico. The conservative leaning Wall Street Journal tastelessly referred to Puerto Rico’s debt as the top performing bond investment […]
San Juan mayor calls for end to Puerto Rico’s colonization after multiple displays of FEMA incompetence
The mayor of San Juan is back in the national headlines this week, this time calling for an end the colonial status of Puerto Rico in an interview with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman. Now a full five months after the devastation Hurricane Maria wreaked across the island nation of Puerto Rico, much of the country […]
Puerto Rican government clashes with San Juan mayor over “concerning” energy contract
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, San Juan’s mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz called a contract alarming in an interview with Yahoo News. The contract is with a small Montana firm based in the hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Whitefish Energy signed the 300 million dollar contract despite only being a […]
45 aims at athletes, gets called “u bum,” and inspires more peaceful protests
As millions of Puerto Rican Americans reeled, along with U.S. Virgin Islanders, from Hurricane Maria’s wrath and a busier-than-usual extreme hurricane season, President Donald Trump aka 45 did the Trumpian thing. Mantrums. This time, 45 blended a problematic in-person address in Huntsville, Alabama with dog whistling racial tweets about dissenting Black professional athletes. He also […]
Diplomacy for what? 45’s international isolationism at the United Nations
Strong leaders know when to use soft skills. They know when to employ different dispute resolution strategies. And history looks favorably upon diplomatic leaders who make necessary concessions and reasonable demands. However, what Americans have at this moment in time looks quite different. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly. He […]
North Carolina educators are the latest to protest in nationwide “Teacher Revolt”
From labor strikes in West Virginia to 6-day walkouts in Arizona, teachers across America are staging protests to demand higher salaries and new classroom material. In Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, thousands of teachers have been protesting the government’s plan to close down 300 schools as they are recovering from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in […]
Last year’s disasters have uprooted Black people from middle class status in the Virgin Islands
America sells itself as a place where hardworking people of different backgrounds thrive. America also sells middle class status as necessary for one’s recognized humanity. However, when nature wreaks havoc on middle class Black Americans, the country has an empathy gap between them and their non-Black middle class or affluent counterparts. The Washington Post recently […]