By Ulysse Bex | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The House censured Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, Wednesday and stripped him of his committee assignments as punishment for a violent cartoon he posted that appeared to show him killing a liberal Democratic member and threatening the president. Gosar, speaking to the full House, said […]
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Puerto Rico
Dear Trump: Top 7 Signs Puerto Ricans might be Americans
When they move to the mainland and reside in a state, they can vote for president
Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA
New York (AFP) – They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in its wake and a death toll that would spiral to almost 3,000. A year on, Joannelly Cruz and her mother Gloria Martinez are in a homeless shelter, part of a […]
Storm Death Toll in Puerto Rico Rivals 9/11: But where is War on Climate Change?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A team of researchers at George Washington University has estimated that excess deaths of Americans in Puerto Rico during and after last year’s Hurricane Maria reached almost 3,000, a number accepted by the governor. In his visit to the island after the hurricane struck, Trump was insufferable. He said that […]
Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico’s 5,740 Death Toll?
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the scope of the calamity
Is this America? Entire Island of Puerto Rico plunged into Darkness Again!
The Watchers: Watching the World Evolve and Transform | – – Posted by Matti K on April 18, 2018 The power grid has collapsed in Puerto Rico and the entire island lost power on the morning of April 18, 2018. The cause of the outage wasn’t immediately known, but island officials and media confirmed electricity […]
How to Survive Climate Change: Learn from Puerto Ricans & Hurricane Maria
By Jane Palmer | ( Mosaic) | – – The rest of the world can learn from Puerto Rican communities rallying together to recover from a natural disaster fuelled by climate change. Christmas is a big deal in Puerto Rico – celebrations traditionally run from November to February – but festivities are in scant supply […]
If only they Were Houston: 45% Puerto Ricans still lack Power
US citizens of island “Territory” treated differently from White Mainland by Trump Administration
Puerto Ricans aren’t giving up on Christmas
By Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez | (The Conversation) | – – Leer en español. Some say Puerto Rico has the longest Christmas in the world. Though much of Puerto Rico remains devastated by Hurricane Maria, people are preparing to celebrate the holidays. Lorie Shaull/flickr, CC BY-SA For Puerto Ricans, who are 85 percent Catholic, Christmas starts […]
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