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On May 30 nearly 5,000 marched in New York to call on Pres. Obama to free Oscar López Rivera.
Exclusive interview with playwright Carmen Rivera on Julia de Burgos, Trujillo, and never getting lost in Rome.
Students at the University of Puerto Rico are in a struggle to stop the government’s $1.5 billion budget cuts. Here is their message to the Boricua Diaspora.
A Legislator in Puerto Rico comments that “Puerto Ricans have yet to coin a term or local equivalent for the English gentrification’” and discusses the eminent domain powers exercised by Puerto Rican mayors.
We, the Boricuas living in Diaspora, dare speak Albizu Campos’ name, because it boldly reminds us where we are at as a people and connects us to past struggles, present responsibilities, and future horizons.
An essay about an almost forgotten episode in Puerto Rico’s history, the call made by Pedro Albizu Campos in 1936 for a constituent convention.
The founding members of La Respuesta magazine are preparing for an exciting new phase and would like to be open with you, nuestra gente, about this transition.
In this account of a 1950 memorial service, we see the impact the words of Pedro Albizu Campos had on those around him.
A book review of ‘War Against All Puerto Ricans’ by Nelson A. Denis.
The Living Los Sures project seeks to preserve the stories of South Williamsburg Boricua & Latina/o community before they are gone, forever.
Chicago Magazine’s profile of the city’s premier Puerto Rican leader demonstrates that the media just doesn’t understand Boricuas.
