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Racial bias may be driving Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico - UPI.com

Nearly a month after the hurricane, Puerto Rico still is still ... Victims of Hurricane Maria line up to receive supplies from members of the U.S. ...

Did the US Government really neglect Puerto Rican relief efforts ...

The total damage to Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria (which was still reeling from a hit days before from Hurricane Irma) is estimated to be ...

Mayor: Trump Administration Killed Puerto Ricans With 'Neglect' - VOA

In comparison, the death toll from 2005's Hurricane Katrina — the costliest hurricane in U.S. history — was significantly lower, estimated at ...

The Hurricane of San Ciriaco: Disaster, Politics, and Society in ...

In the history of Puerto Rico—a patriarchal society in which the hurricanes ... a direct appeal to U.S. governors for Puerto Rican relief. See New ...

Ongoing Hurricane Aid Neglect Drives Historic Puerto Rican Migration

A second-class aid and recovery effort by the U.S. federal government is forcing hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans to flee the American ...

America Never Deserved Puerto Rico | GQ

It's been over a week since the territory was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. For this administration and many Americans, what was already an ...

Facing Months in the Dark, Ordinary Life in Puerto Rico Is 'Beyond ...

A monopoly by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or Prepa, was reviled by island residents long before Hurricane Maria shut it down.

Ocasio-Cortez: Hurricane Maria victims blame 'government inaction ...

“Puerto Ricans are technically American citizens but do not have the right to vote [in federal elections],” she said. “They are treated in ...

Abuse, Neglect, Adoption & Foster Care | The Administration for ...

ACF supports a number of research and evaluation activities as well as learning from a broad array of other activities relevant to child welfare such as ...

Raw sewage contaminating waters in Puerto Rico after Maria ...

Puerto Rico has a long history of industrial pollution, and environmental problems have worsened due to neglect during a decade-long economic crisis. A ...

Neglect by Concern: Seeding Resistance in Puerto Rico's Mangrove ...

The humanitarian crisis revealed as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico demonstrates a long history of US colonial neglect and human rights violations.

Puerto Ricans knew the official Hurricane Maria death toll was fake ...

... neglect to Puerto Rico's ... Image: Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello attends a news conference days after Hurricane Maria ...

Visit San Juan, Puerto Rico — Just Don't Be a Jerk

... U.S. history. Everyone who could just grabbed a Medalla and went to ... a reminder of the damage and neglect the island experienced after the hurricane.

Months After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Still Struggling

The new death toll from the worst natural disaster to affect the island is a reminder of the longest blackout in U.S. history.

Cantera or the Neglect of Public Policy to Tackle Poverty

18, 1989, when Hurricane Hugo passed through Puerto Rico and ... Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the ...

Why did the US government manage the situation in Puerto Rico so ...

Did the US Government really neglect Puerto Rican relief efforts following Hurricane Maria, or was FEMA simply overwhelmed by multiple disasters ...

Review: Revenge on a forgotten island in 'House of Bone and Rain'

... area as a hurricane fast approaches. Advertisement. The storm ... to Puerto Rico's colonizer, the U.S. — a bittersweet aspect of reality.

Trump's pick of Rubio as America's top diplomat could reshape US ...

MIAMI (AP) — Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro's revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of ...

Puerto Rico - New York Magazine

... to call the U.S. island a “floating pile of garbage. ... With the MECA Art Fair, San Juan's Art Community Rises AgainPuerto Rico a year after Hurricane Maria.

Hurricanes expose governments' decades of negligence in ...

Hurricane's Irma and Maria terribly exposed this institutional neglect in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands where ...