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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Backs Statehood in Referendum Boycotted by Opposition Groups
Tens of thousands turned out Sunday for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York.
Oscar López Rivera Speaks Out on Newfound Freedom, Becoming Politicized and Decolonizing Puerto Rico
On May 17, Lopez Rivera was released from prison.
Puerto Rico Is Emblematic of the Excesses of Financial Systems
Janine Jackson interviews Ed Morales about Puerto Rico's recent filing for bankruptcy.
Oscar López Rivera Returns Home to Chicago — and to a Movement
Oscar Lopez Rivera's release from prison comes at a time of escalating crisis for Puerto Rico.
Beating Wall Street Means Fighting the Extraction of Wealth From Communities of Color
Racist hate language is one of the tools the financial sector uses to extract wealth from communities of color.
Economic Update: Capitalism and Democracy
This week's episode discusses Puerto Rico, slave labor in the cocoa fields, worsening UK inequality and more.
Cutting Off Capital: How to Resist Trump’s Corporate Collaborators
The Hedge Clippers campaign looks at hedge funds and private equity, thus hedge clippers clip their power.
Hours Away From Too Late: Demand Freedom for Leonard Peltier
We must join across movements and great distances to demand Obama make freeing Leonard Peltier part of his legacy.
Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence for Puerto Rican Independence Activist
Oscar Lu00f3pez Rivera's brother Josu00e9 and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzu00e1lez discuss the recent commutation of Rivera's sentence.
Protests Erupt in San Juan as Obama Forms Unelected Control Board to Run Puerto Rico
Hundreds of protesters blocked a street in front of a hotel where bankers and business executives were gathering for a conference.