CUNY Students to Help Puerto Rico Rebuilding Efforts
CUNY students are helping as part of the New York Stands with Puerto Rico volunteer program, El Diario La Prensa reports.
CUNY students are helping as part of the New York Stands with Puerto Rico volunteer program, El Diario La Prensa reports.
The Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition made its plea on the 18-month anniversary of Hurricane Maria, reports Manhattan Times.
Two Puerto Rican artists and educators have created a community currency that is “part storytelling and part social transformation,” writes The Bronx Free Press.
En su segunda visita en dos meses, la escritora encontró la isla reverdecida, pero poco ha cambiado desde María.
On her second visit in two months, the writer finds the island greener, but that much remains the same since María.
While staff from the New York City Department of Health arrived on the island on Tuesday, New York’s governor announced the deployment of electric utility experts, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
The NYPD’s Muslim Officers Society, together with the Islamic Circle of North America, organized a relief effort for hurricane victims in Puerto Rico, reports Brooklyn Paper.
Local leaders and Hispanic media outlets considered the president’s comments regarding the assistance given to the island after Hurricane María offensive and derogatory, El Diario/La Prensa and La Tribuna Hispana report.
Mariel Fiori, editor of La Voz, writes about the outpouring of donations in the tri-state area – and what to do to make sure that donations are not diverted.
Puerto Ricans in New York are divided over the commemoration of 100 years since the island’s residents got U.S. citizenship, and a proposed new referendum on Puerto Rico’s status, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
A photo essay entitled “Portraits of Resilience” features photos of Puerto Rican millennials who are experiencing one of the greatest economic crises in the island’s history. Hunts Point Express speaks to photographer Edwin Torres.
The Puerto Rican diaspora, a community with strong ties to the troubled island, is struggling to come up with solutions to help guide Puerto Rico to a better future.
As they bet on a peaceful transfer of power, participants at the Somos el Futuro Conference in Puerto Rico vow to keep fighting for equality and immigrant rights despite the uncertainty generated by the prospect of a Trump government, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Puerto Rican comic book artists and creators talked about their craft to a packed audience in East Harlem.
In this opinion piece, a member of the Humanities Department at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, puts forward some new ideas for solving the island’s crisis.