Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is booming as nations lift COVID-19 travel restrictions, but development is displacing people who have lived along its coastlines for years.
- Professor, Gender & Women's Studies, Anthropology & Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
At society’s margins, people without access to the mainstream job economy are able to carve out lives rich in other resources and community.
Low-income residents in Puerto Rico are fighting disposal of toxic coal ash in their communities. They’re also campaigning to shift from coal energy – the source of the problem – to solar power.
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