What if Democrats put as much energy into understanding how to mobilize Latinos as they do into courting white working class voters?
Puerto Rico
Posted inPolitical Animal
Al Gore’s Decade of Dignity
No one deserved it more. This Thursday marks the tenth anniversary of Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their trailblazing work in attempting to prevent the planet from being set ablaze due to carbon pollution. The Gore/IPCC win drove climate deniers nuts–a very […]
Posted inPolitical Animal
The President Can’t Console Victims
If his trip to Puerto Rico is any indication, Trump’s visit to Nevada will be a disaster.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Higher Education Must Stand Up for Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria is Trump’s Katrina
Posted inPolitical Animal
Obama-Trump Voters Need to Apologize to Puerto Rico
Remember Colin Powell’s “Pottery Barn doctrine” with regard to the Iraq War–”You break it, you own it”? That same rule should apply to the consequences of bad voting decisions. Those who voted for Donald Trump last November–especially the folks who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, only to take leave of their senses […]
Posted inEconomy, Featured
Why the Jones Act Is Robin Hood in Reverse
The previously obscure law not only slowed delivery of relief supplies to Puerto Rico—it represents a whole category of ‘rent-seeking’ policies that redistribute income upwards.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Trump Does and Doesn’t Know About Puerto Rico
The Trump organization was involved with a golf course that cost taxpayers almost $33 million.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Is Ignoring the Mounting Catastrophe in Puerto Rico
Given the scope of the humanitarian disaster, the president needs to ask the country to mobilize behind an effort larger than the Berlin Airlift.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Now for Puerto Rico?
The response to the disaster in Puerto Rico will have far-reaching political consequences.
