A demographer at Penn State surveyed Puerto Ricans on the mainland to see if they had plans to return to the island.
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Charitable giving and government aid can shortchange disasters that follow other disasters.
Yes, Puerto Rico and any other storm-vulnerable location could benefit from on-site solar and battery backup, but it’s unrealistic to say these microgrids are enough to power the island.
It’s hard but feasible to make a difference, as long as you work with the locals and don’t become a ‘disaster tourist.’
Two hurricanes in Puerto Rico’s past fundamentally transformed the island’s economy and politics. Maria will be the third, says a historian.
A Puerto Rican librarian with a personal relationship to hurricanes describes the brutal reality of life on this Caribbean island more than a month after Maria and Irma left their mark.
Although Puerto Ricans are American citizens, what happens on the island tends to stay there, at least in terms of economic data.
Long after the hurricane’s over and the power comes back, residents can still experience lasting mental health issues.
A cashless society depends on three things, all of which have failed in recent weeks as a result of natural disasters and security breaches.
Evidence shows that US taxpayers are less willing to support extensive disaster relief when the victims are not white. Could that explain the Trump administration’s lackluster support for Puerto Rico?
If humanitarian need can’t move the Trump administration to save Puerto Rico, then perhaps American self-interest will: The island is a crucial part of the country’s economic and military machinery.
Puerto Rico has focused significant efforts on branding – but at what cost?
The military can make a big difference right away but humanitarian deployments should generally be rare and brief.
Puerto Rico’s Cayo Santiago Research Station has been a world-famous site for primate studies since 1938. Now scientists are working to save its staff and rhesus monkey colony after Hurricane Maria.
Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Puerto Ricans facing shortages of food, health care and transit, an American humanitarian crisis fueled by the US territory’s May 2017 bankruptcy.
The Caribbean is facing its second deadly hurricane in as many weeks. This isn’t just bad luck: the region’s extreme vulnerability to disaster also reflects entrenched social inequalities.
In Puerto Rico the Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ policy echoes colonial practices by fast-forwarding fossil fuel projects over community resistance.
A year after Congress passed its plan to fix Puerto Rico’s US$123 billion debt and pension crisis, little has changed for the lives of Puerto Ricans.
There are an estimated 3,500 to 5,000 Muslims in Puerto Rico. Who are they and what is their history?
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
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PhD candidate in African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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