Medill Explores Puerto Rico, 2019
In February of 2019 a dozen Medill MSJ students spent ten days in Puerto Rico as part of the Medill
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Hurricane Maria
What’s happening with Puerto Rico’s public schools?
Medill class of 2018 grad Hannah Wiley reported on the effects of austerity and Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s public schools for “In These Times” this month.
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Reopening ‘War Against All Puerto Ricans’ in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Since Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico—leaving thousands of people without basic necessities like electricity and water—Nelson Denis’s 2015 book “War Against All Puerto Ricans” has only become more popular. But like the island, the book has a deep-rooted and tumultuous political past.
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Chicago leaders call for aid for Puerto Rico, underscoring city’s close ties to island
Thirty-first ward alderman Milly Santiago and other Chicago elected officials came together to make a call to action after the storm, the worst to make landfall in Puerto Rico in almost a century, hit the island on September 20.
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