Words by Shurida Lundi It’s been two weeks since the devastation of category 4 Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico damaging the island and taking so many lives. Today, President Donald Trump is finally going to visit the island to physically see the damage. This comes after his attack on Twitter on Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz […]
Millions of people in Puerto Rico need fuel, water, food and medicine. More than a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, major infrastructure is still down. Stores have trouble filling their shelves. Families are running low on the supplies they stockpiled before the storm, and across the island, many residents say they haven’t seen […]
Beyonce remixed J Balvin and Willy William’s hit single, “Mi Gente”. Bey revealed the song in one of her cool instavids that moved to the beat as she rocked a colorful striped dress with an Off White belt. In addition to giving us new music, she’s giving the proceeds from the song to Puerto Rico, […]
Donald Trump’s lack of urgency to help the 3.5 million American citizens on the (American) island of Puerto Rico is staggering. Hurricane Maria hit PR more than a week ago and destroyed fields of crops and infrastructure from end to end. The category 4 storm left the people without food, water, or power. It will […]
President Donald Trump has stated that he will travel to the battered island of Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Explaining to reporters in the Oval Office that Tuesday is the earliest date he could reach the location, first responders ongoing relief and recovery efforts are in place. “I know many Puerto Ricans, and they’re great people […]
The pressure is on Congress and the White House to speed up the disaster relief process to Puerto Rico. Millions are currently without power after Hurricane Maria and the governor has alerted the public of a materializing “humanitarian crisis”. Governor Ricardo Rossello heavily stressed that Puerto Rico is a US territory whose people are factually […]
Just 10 days before Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, Texas, President Donald Trump canceled one of the most progressive flood-risk management policies, put in place by Barack Obama. The policy, Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS), approached the construction at flood-risk boundaries with caution. While we all know that compassion isn’t Donnie’s strongest suit, he seemed […]
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Hurricane Maria is intensifying and is now a very dangerous Category 4 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a post on Monday, Sept. 18. The NHC warned that Maria, which was named a hurricane over the weekend, is “extremely dangerous” and has winds of 130 mph. The eye and “intense inner core” […]