Mutual Aid and Survival as Resistance in Puerto Rico
Faced with an onslaught of disasters and the injustices of colonialism, Puerto Rican communities have bet on their own survival. Their mutual aid efforts testify to both the power of grassroots organizing and the scale of state neglect.
Puerto Rico and the Perpetual State of Emergency
Successive administrations in Puerto Rico have relied on the state of emergency and executive orders, eroding democracy and exacerbating structural inequality.
Powering Life in Puerto Rico
The struggle to transform Puerto Rico's flawed energy grid with locally controlled alternatives is a matter of life and death.
A Disastrous Methane Gas Scheme Threatens Puerto Rico’s Energy Future
A push for temporary LNG-fueled electricity risks increasing Puerto Rico's gas dependency while funneling federal funds to a fossil fuel company amid the pandemic.
Doing Reggaetón However He Wants: Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG (Review)
YHLQMDLG is a reggaetón album that will only sound groundbreaking outside of the genre's vanguard.
Puerto Rico’s Seismic Shocks
Recent earthquakes and aftershocks in Puerto Rico generate overwhelming evidence of the urgent need for community-directed renewable energy.
The Summer 2019 Uprising: Building a New Puerto Rico
The summer uprising of 2019 in Puerto Rico was a repudiation of politics as usual and revealed that Partido Popular Democrático and Partido Nuevo Progresista dominance of the island's political system is no longer assured.
Step by Powerful Step, Citizens Lead Puerto Rico into Its Solar Future
Citizen-led solar initiatives in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria remedied immediate local challenges and forged increased resilience using sustainable power, serving as an important example in clean energy development.
Adjunct Faculty in an Adjunct Country
The precarious status of adjunct faculty at the University of Puerto Rico is a microcasm for the broader issues faced by the archipelago.
Facultad Adjunta en País Adjunto
En las plantillas de Excel de los tecnócratas, la condición de los docentes "sin plaza" se trata de un mero headcount de empleados adjuntos que hay que reducir. En los cuerpos de la facultad adjunta, vivimos las precarias condiciones, empeoradas por las que hoy enfrenta el país en pleno.
Puerto Rican People’s Assemblies Shift from Protest to Proposal
Following the resignation of Gov. Rosselló, a series of people's assemblies have emerged throughout Puerto Rico to keep the conversationand the popular movementgoing.
Puerto Rico Rises Up: Readings on a Simmering Crisis
A NACLA reading list to put ongoing protests in Puerto Rico into context beyond the breaking point of the governor's chats scandal.
