Almost immediately after people around the globe watched and mourned as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris erupted in flames last week, donations began pouring in and fundraisers were established to rebuild...
Almost one year ago, Brockton resident Felicita Sepulveda made a call to JetBlue asking for a last-minute ticket to Puerto Rico. Just four days after Hurricane Maria struck her family’s homeland, Sepulveda was frantically heading home to search for her brother, who had been missing since the start of the storm.
It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Irma hit, and the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria follows closely behind. While these storms impacted the mainland of the United States, no one suffered...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with 10 others in the Massachusetts congressional delegation, sent a letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Friday to ask for material regarding...
The School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts, Boston hosted a community forum Tuesday on sustainable post-disaster recovery in Puerto Rico and other coastal regions in light of...
Around 50 people gathered in protest outside the office of one of the largest holders of Puerto Rican debt Saturday afternoon.
The Baupost Group, a Boston-based hedge fund, holds nearly...
In January, President Donald Trump was inaugurated into office, and things have been looking down for immigrants ever since. Beyond the multitude of travel bans that the White House has been trying to...
Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 and left the entire country without power, is now finally getting the help and attention it deserves. And yes, it’s more than just throwing them “beautiful,...
Late September, Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, leaving the island without food, water or power. President Donald Trump has taken a strange approach to solving this ongoing crisis: stepping back and...
Massachusetts will provide aid to the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in the last week by providing resources to those in need, as well as assembling a task force...
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, some Puerto Rican Boston University students organized a campus food and supply drive to gather relief materials for their compatriots whose possessions were lost or...
