Tag: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the...
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
The oldest colony, the newest war: Puerto Rico as a launchpad...
War drums beat louder towards Venezuela!
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.
Bernie and AOC urge Trump to stop delaying disaster relief aid...
“Let us be clear: Postponing the disbursement of this vital assistance any longer—in the face of the humanitarian needs of Puerto Rico—is simply shameful.”
Puerto Rico earthquake worst in more than 100 years
“The people of Puerto Rico are foremost in our minds."
People power manifests in Puerto Rico but can it last?
Over the past few weeks, Puerto Rico has seen a massive uprising that is estimated to have brought about one-third of the U.S. Commonwealth’s people to the...
AOC and Bernie urge Senate to provide safer military cleanup for...
“After decades of bombing exercises by our military resulted in severe harm to Vieques, we owe it to our fellow U.S. citizens on the island to clean up after ourselves in a safe, responsible way.”
Two colonies doomed to 2nd-class status and remote central government control
Two photos speak volumes about the striking similarity between Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, one an island and peninsular former colony of...
Congress, White House move disaster relief for Puerto Rico, US States...
"Millions of Americans are suffering and this disaster relief plan is urgently needed."
Puerto Rico faces a flood of fracked gas in wake of...
The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster.
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Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader
Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers
The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule
North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.