Interview | Environment & Health Puerto Rico Orders Recount of Hurricane Maria Death Toll After Investigation Suggests Over 1,000 Died Omaya Sosa discusses coverage of the deaths after the storm. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 20, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Era of Walls: Greeting Climate-Change Victims With a Man-Made Dystopia We are now witnessing a "catastrophic convergence." By Todd Miller , TomDispatch December 7, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections In Surprise Move, Illinois Rep. Gutiérrez Won’t Seek Re-Election, Says He’ll Focus on Puerto Rico Juan Gonzalez discusses more. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 29, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor San Juan Mayor Carmen YulÃn Cruz on Trump, Shock Doctrine and “Disaster Capitalism” in Puerto Rico Democracy Now! interviewed Cruz on a visit to Puerto Rico last month. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 24, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | We Saw Puerto Rico’s Struggle to Survive Major institutions have failed it, but Puerto Ricans are reuniting the social fabric. By Lance Selfa & Monique Dols , SocialistWorker November 21, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | In Puerto Rico, Unions Lead in Hurricane Relief Efforts In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, as Puerto Rico faces government neglect, unions' relief efforts have been critical. By Stephanie Basile , LaborNotes November 12, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty and Austerity A look at the ways austerity has exacerbated the crisis caused by Hurricane Maria. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 3, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Mayor Carmen YulÃn Cruz Condemns “Indefensible” Whitefish Contract and Calls for PREPA Chief’s Firing Democracy Now! goes to Puerto Rico. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 31, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Puerto Ricans, Not Wall Street Vultures, Must Come First Money that goes one of the hedge funds that have bought up much of the island's debt is taken away from saving lives. By Maria Beri , Inequality.org October 30, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Head of Puerto Rico Electrical Workers’ Union Demands Corruption Probe of Whitefish Energy Contract An interview with Angel Figueroa Jaramillo, head of the Puerto Rico electrical workers. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 30, 2017 Truthout