Tag: Puerto Rico
Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop
Alejandro Nava, University of Arizona
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled...
All Latinos don’t vote the same way – their place of...
Eliza Willis, Grinnell College and Janet A. Seiz, Grinnell College
Joe Biden won Florida’s 2020 Democratic primary, capturing a majority of the state’s Latino voters.
Polls...
Earthquake forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens more large aftershocks are likely
Richard Aster, Colorado State University
Multiple strong and damaging earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico starting around Dec. 28, 2019 have killed at least one person,...
New hurricane season jeopardizes Caribbean recovery: 5 essential reads
Catesby Holmes, The Conversation
June 1 marks the beginning of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season – an ominous date for the Caribbean region, where many...
Puerto Ricans aren’t giving up on Christmas
Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
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Some say Puerto Rico has the longest Christmas in the world.
For Puerto Ricans,...
Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María?
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the...
Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of ‘donor fatigue’
Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of 'donor fatigue'
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Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...
Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University
In addition to its many other devastating human consequences, Hurricane Maria left the island of Puerto Rico with its power grid...
EXPLORING NATURE
Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your...
Sarguru Subash, Texas A&M University
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from urinary tract...
