State of emergency: Chicago residents speak out about Puerto Rico’s earthquake
Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor
January 20, 2020
Following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Puerto Rico on January 7, about 60,000 residents are left without power and over 4,000 people are now living in shelters, causing the island to experience the worst earthquake damage in decades. Karina Cruz Pagán, a Puerto Rican student at The Chicago School of Professional Psycholog...
Estado de emergencia: Residentes de Chicago alzan sus voces sobre el terremoto en Puerto Rico
Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor
January 20, 2020
Después de la magnitud del terremoto de 6.4 grados que sacudió a Puerto Rico el 7 de enero, unos 60.000 residentes se quedaron sin electricidad y más de 4.000 ahora viven en refugios - causando que la isla experimente el peor daño por un terremoto en décadas. Karina Cruz Pagán, puertorriqueña y estudiante de la Escuela de Psicología Profesion...
Puerto Ricans left homeless after biggest quake in century
January 8, 2020
GUANICA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of earthquakes struck the island, one of them the strongest in a century. The magnitude 6.4 quake that struck before dawn on Tuesday...
Political crisis deepens in Puerto Rico
Danica Coto, Associated Press
July 23, 2019
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico judge issued search warrants for the cellphones of government officials involved in a crude online chat whose leak has set off a political crisis that threatens to bring down the U.S. territory's governor. Kelvin Carrasco, a spokesman for the island's Justice...
Bad Bunny
Allegra Acosta, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio: The mysterious figure that goes by the alias of Bad Bunny. Growing up in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, his rise to stardom has expanded to the areas that he parties in: from a tiny neighborhood called Almirante Sur to worldwide. Born on March 10, 1994, Bad Bunny’s humble ...
U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico’s unseen economical damages
November 13, 2017
A recent stretch of hurricanes in August and September left destruction in physical property as well as the U.S. economy. What resulted in extensive damage on capital and swallowed up jobs impacted different economic markets throughout the affected regions and entire nation. Read More »...
Disaster in paradise
October 2, 2017
When Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico on Sept. 19, the entire island’s was devastated. Read More »
Nation & World Briefs: Sept. 25, 2017
The Associated Press
September 25, 2017
International headlines to know this week. Read More »
2,052 miles to San Juan, Chicago’s historical proximity to Puerto Rico requires us to start paying attention
September 11, 2017
When Hurricane Irma blazed through several Caribbean islands before finally hitting Florida this weekend, one of the many impoverished places that it grazed was Puerto Rico. As Chicago has one of the largest Puerto Rican communities in the United States, the long lasting effects of Irma on the Puerto...
Brita Hunegs, Staff Writer
January 20, 2020 • No Comments
Last Wednesday, the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released a new report, examining...
Illinois voter registration bill sparks controversy over implementation
January 20, 2020
Automatic voter registration seemed to be the only thing Illinois state Democrats...
Community theatre celebrates MLK Jr.’s legacy as civil servant and peace advocate
January 20, 2020
The Writers Theatre’s 14th tour of the MLK Project: Fight for Civil Rights...
Chicago reflects on King more than 50 years after Marquette Park violence
January 20, 2020
In an all-white Marquette Park on Aug. 5, 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. was...