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Hurricane Season during the COVID-19 pandemic
English: The COVID-19 pandemic will add additional challenges and changes to the 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30. Plan: Where will you go? Make a plan to stay with family or friends at a safe place inland, or at a hotel, if you need to evacuate. Staying at a… Read More →
OP-ED: Seeking for Justice to End Systemic Racism
By: Naysha Z. Padró Marrero – Journalism student at University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras “No justice, no peace” was shouted during the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement that took the leading role at the protests that started on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis after a Black man was brutally murdered by a local police… Read More →
Op-Ed: Protesting in Anonymity
Written by: Marcella Pansini, NC FIELD intern + UNC student 15 June 2020 Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has finally resonated with – almost – the entire country. In past protests, noted individuals quickly emerged from the masses to galvanize the people. However today, no single leader has been identified. Instead, we see… Read More →
Social Justice 101
‘Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics’ CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on the coronavirus food crisis x JANINE JACKSON
Such a powerful and compelling interview that we just HAD to share! American traditions are more infused with exploitation and violence than it is with baseball and cherry pie. Listen to the interview or read the transcript below! Click here for the original article. Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Ricardo Salvador about… Read More →