Jun 3, 2018 | Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali, Video
Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, active with Black Lives Matter, freelance journalist, 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, and currently a doctoral candidate in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of AfroAmerican Studies at the University of...
Jun 3, 2018 | Films, Journalism, Puerto Rico, Video
Watch this video on YouTube On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. A category 4 storm, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the island in almost a century. Now, the people of Puerto Rico are hungry, homeless and dying. Many towns lack...
Jun 3, 2018 | Puerto Rico
BACKGROUND Quantifying the effect of natural disasters on society is critical for recovery of public health services and infrastructure. The death toll can be difficult to assess in the aftermath of a major disaster. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive...
May 14, 2018 | #TimesUp, Feminism, Hip Hop
To Our Fellow Women of Color: We see you. We hear you. Because we are you. For too long, our community has ignored our pain. The pain we bear is a burden that too many women of color have had to bear for centuries. The wounds run deep. As women of color within Time’s...
May 14, 2018 | Feminism, Hip Hop, Video
Watch this video on YouTube Last night I talked about the first time I was sexually abused at the age of 6, why we must #muteRKelly and the problem of abusers in Hip Hop culture. #muteRKelly #timesup...