NOVANEWS If 9/11 Attacks Can Spark Trillions in War Spending, Asks Ocasio-Cortez, Why Can’t US Find Funding for Puerto Rico ‘Marshall Plan’? “The U.S. treats Puerto Ricans as second class citizens,” notes the ACLU. “Thousands […]
NOVANEWS By Bill Van Auken World Socialist Web Site Note to readers: please click the share buttons above The government of Puerto Rico Tuesday raised its estimate of the number of Puerto Ricans who lost […]
NOVANEWS New ruling overturns finding by lower court that charters and vouchers—part of the island’s education overhaul post-hurricane—were unconstitutional. by: Andrea Germanos Education historian Diane Ravtich called the new ruling from Puerto Rico’s high court a […]
A CORPORATE-GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO UNDERMINE CIVIL SOCIETY A video version of Naomi Klein’s new book “The Battle for Paradise.” The situation in a nutshell: Grassroots efforts are thriving in the face of extraordinary challenges. Official […]
NOVANEWS Mother Isamar holds her baby Saniel, 9 months, as husband Samuel mixes cement at their makeshift home, under reconstruction, after being mostly destroyed by Hurricane Maria, on December 23, 2017, in San Isidro, Puerto […]
NOVANEWS By Graciela Pichardo Translation of the sign: The lack of a prompt response by the government caused the death of thousands, while thousand remain without lights. Photo: Lela Santiago-twitter.com Hundreds of Puerto Ricans placed the […]
NOVANEWS By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! A stunning new study by researchers at Harvard has revealed the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria may be 70 times higher than the official count of 64. The […]
NOVANEWS By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Even before Hurricane Maria struck the island nearly six months ago, the majority of Puerto Rico’s residents lived with water that violated health standards set by the US law. Since the […]
NOVANEWS By Monica Cruz Photo credit: Joe Plette On Jan. 30, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it would end food and water aid to Puerto Rico. Over four months after Hurricane Maria […]
NOVANEWS By Reed Richardson FAIR Nearly five months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, more than a hundred thousand US citizens there still lack clean drinking water, and almost one-third of the island has no reliable electric […]