Jack Aponte

Jack Aponte is a gender/queer Boricua living in Oakland, California. Follow them on Twitter: @jackaponte.

News

Puerto Rican Fight Lives On in People’s Assemblies Locally and in Diaspora

The movement to transform Puerto Rican society and politics beyond individual politicians is growing.

September 9, 2019

Op-Ed

Trump may pretend to decry “hate,” but his actions bolster the violent racism that fueled the El Paso massacre.

August 9, 2019

Op-Ed

Rates of cancer and asthma have risen in Guayama since AES Corporation opened its coal-fired power plant.

June 10, 2019

Op-Ed

In the face of Islamophobia, queer and trans people of color are lifting our voices above the din of “terror.”

June 14, 2016