A New Alliance Could Change Puerto Rican Politics
The Citizens’ Victory Movement and the Puerto Rican Independence Party are forming a coalition called La Alianza. Their goal: a radical shift in Puerto Rican politics.
5 Articles by: Ed Morales
Ed Morales is the author of Living in Spanglish, Latinx, and the forthcoming Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico. He is currently a lecturer at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.
It’s About More Than Ricky
The toppling of Puerto Rico’s centrist governor is a beautiful display of people power. The next target: La Junta, the Washington-imposed board pushing austerity and privatization.
Freeing Oscar López Rivera
The widespread jubilation over Oscar López Rivera’s release shows that anticolonial struggle still resonates in Puerto Rico.
The Technocratic Takeover
Will the evisceration of democracy in Puerto Rico be allowed to proceed unnoticed?
Puerto Rico’s Dance With Debt
Puerto Rico is mired in debt and facing default. And US colonialism is one of the main culprits.