Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico petition for bankruptcy struck down by Appeals Court
July 8, 2015Puerto Rico is unable to pay back its $72 billion dollar deficit and announced that the island's economy is on the verge of collapse.
Read morePacked house at 3rd annual Vito Marcantonio Forum
October 29, 2014Vito Marcantonio (1902-1954) was a fourteen-term Congressman from East Harlem.
Read moreToday in labor history: Puerto Rican labor organizer and feminist Luisa Capetillo born
October 28, 2014She lived intensely: she fought for workers causes and the emancipation of women till here death.
Read moreDemand investigation of murder of progressive Cuban-American in 1978
May 8, 2014Demands are being raised for a government investigation of the murder of a progressive young Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico on April 28, 1979.
Read morePuerto Rican teachers strike to oppose attack on pensions
January 16, 2014Thousands of elementary and secondary school teachers in Puerto Rico carried out a two day strike to protest a raid on their pension plans.
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