Puerto Rico

Justice Department should sue Puerto Rico police »

By Ed Morales, October 17, 2011

The governor followed a union-busting strategy similar to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but while that governor tolerated a weeklong sit-in protest in Madison, Fortuno had his police beat students, teachers, children and the elderly on the steps of his own capitol building.read more

Obama’s visit to Puerto Rico lacked substance »

By Ed Morales, June 16, 2011

In his visit to Puerto Rico, President Obama failed to address the major problems facing the island. At bottom, it seemed to be much more of an early campaign stop than an honest effort to grapple with these problems.read more

Puerto Rico’s false crisis over IDs »

By Ed Morales, March 2, 2010

Puerto Rico’s government wants its people to believe that they are the cause of an identity fraud crisis, and to correct the problem, it’s treating them like second-class citizens.read more

Puerto Rico status should be clearly decided »

By Ed Morales, October 31, 2009

Puerto Ricans need to be allowed to vote on changing their political status. The status quo is untenable.read more

110th anniversary of Puerto Rico invasion no cause for celebration »

By Ed Morales, July 23, 2008

The United States invaded the island on July 25, 1898, and claimed it as booty after the Spanish-American War. Long since obsolete as a strategic outpost in the Cold War, the Caribbean island is America’s best-kept secret: an unfree state within the land of the free.read more

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