While social media — think Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc — are heralded as keeping people connected, it’s clearer just how it’s used to divide us. Case in point: social media is the main engine for driving misinformation about the…
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Is racial bias driving Trump’s neglect of Puerto Rico?
Oct 19, 2017, 9:54 AM 0
By Lauren Lluveras The Conversation The morning after Hurricane Maria blasted through Puerto Rico, I emailed my aunt to ask if she was safe. That was Sept. 21. I heard back from her on Oct. 10. She was fine,…
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Puerto Rico needs help & support, not threats & insults hurled from the White House
Oct 13, 2017, 8:00 AM 0
By Carmen Yulin Cruz ncluido Editor’s Note: The following was sent by Puerto Rico’s Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz to members of Congress in response to President Trump’s tweets and threats of revoking aid to the island. Puerto Ricans have…
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Rep. Luis Gutiérrez delivers stinging rebuke to Trump’s tweets on Puerto Rico
Sep 26, 2017, 10:25 AM 0
LatinaLista — Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez is a Member of the Judiciary Committee and the Chair of the Immigration Task Force of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Today, he spoke on the House floor about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Puerto Rico…
