The planet is getting hotter and the effects of global warming are compounding. The crisis of all ecological systems are becoming more evident. And yet so are environmental movements, which have become larger and more visible than ever. Scholar Julie Sze reflects on the history of struggles for environmental justice and the movement that we … Continued
Rosa Clemente discusses putting Puerto Rico on the map and her new mini-documentary Puerto Rico Rising. Putting Puerto Rico on the Map – Rosa Clemente at Franklin & Marshall College. On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. A category 4 storm, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the island in … Continued
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election; Top Student Loan Watchdog Resigns over Trump Admin Doing Bidding of Predatory Lenders; Books, Not Magazines: Outcry Grows over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools; Puerto Rico Raises Official Death Toll to … Continued
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election; Top Student Loan Watchdog Resigns over Trump Admin Doing Bidding of Predatory Lenders; Books, Not Magazines: Outcry Grows over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools; Puerto Rico Raises Official Death Toll to … Continued
Naomi Klein: 4,645 Deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria Were “State-Sponsored Mass Killing”; “The Battle for Paradise”: New Intercept Doc Goes Inside Struggle over Puerto Rico’s Future; Puerto Rico Is a “Playground for the Privileged”: Investors Move In as Homes Foreclose & Schools Close.
Naomi Klein: 4,645 Deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria Were “State-Sponsored Mass Killing”; “The Battle for Paradise”: New Intercept Doc Goes Inside Struggle over Puerto Rico’s Future; Puerto Rico Is a “Playground for the Privileged”: Investors Move In as Homes Foreclose & Schools Close.
In light of the newly revised estimate of 4,600 deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria last year we present today a one-hour special on Puerto Rico. We’ll begin with a conversation with our news correspondent Rosa Clemente who is a Puerto Rican American and who traveled to the island in the weeks following the … Continued
Deadlier than Katrina & 9/11: Hurricane Maria Killed 4,645 in Puerto Rico, 70 Times Official Toll; Glenn Greenwald: Why Did ABC Ignore Roseanne Barr’s Hateful Tweets Against Arabs & Palestinians? 39 Arrested Protesting Industrial Farm Supplying So-Called “Cage-Free” Eggs to Amazon & Whole Foods; Bred to Suffer: Glenn Greenwald on the “Morally Unconscionable” U.S. Industry … Continued
Deadlier than Katrina & 9/11: Hurricane Maria Killed 4,645 in Puerto Rico, 70 Times Official Toll; Glenn Greenwald: Why Did ABC Ignore Roseanne Barr’s Hateful Tweets Against Arabs & Palestinians? 39 Arrested Protesting Industrial Farm Supplying So-Called “Cage-Free” Eggs to Amazon & Whole Foods; Bred to Suffer: Glenn Greenwald on the “Morally Unconscionable” U.S. Industry … Continued
May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper Spray & Tear Gas; Detained and Then Deported: U.S. Human Rights Lawyers Barred from Entry into Israel; Arizona Joins Red State Revolt: Teachers’ Strike Reaches Day Five; Puerto Rico Needs Help: Unelected Fiscal Board Pushes Austerity as Island Continues Slow Recovery; With Labor & … Continued
