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Puerto Ricans Demonstrate How to Oust a Corrupt Leader

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:05:11 +0000

Read the article on Common Dreams. The movement that forced Ricardo Rosselló to step down as governor of Puerto Rico is one of the largest in the island’s history. It unified people across the ideological and political spectrum toward a common purpose: ending the governor’s corrupt regime. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in San Juan to demand “Ricky Renuncia.

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Special Report From Puerto Rico’s Movement to Oust Governor

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:01:47 +0000

Watch the video on Rising Up with Sonali FEATURING ROSA CLEMENTE – Mass protests continued in Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after embattled Governor Ricardo Rosselló pledged to not run for reelection. But about half a million of the island’s residents poured into the clogged streets of San Juan in what many considered the largest protests in history. The movement has adopted a rallying cry of...

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“Surviving R. Kelly” Review with Rosa Clemente – Rising Up with Sonali

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:55:22 +0000

Rising Up with Sonali‘s news correspondent Rosa Clemente reviews the powerful and disturbing new documentary series Surviving R. Kelly. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, you can listen to the full episode here.

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New Documentary On R. Kelly Vindicates Survivors

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:36:23 +0000

RISING UP WITH SONALI FEATURING ROSA CLEMENTE Lifetime has released a new six-part documentary series exposing the deeply disturbing sexual misconduct and assault by musician R. Kelly of multiple black women over decades. The 6-part series, by filmmaker dream hampton is called Surviving R. Kelly, and has been released over subsequent days in the new year. The film comes after many years of...

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The True Story of Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico

Rosa Clemente — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 01:14:30 +0000

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 Massachusetts Amherst. She is also a news correspondent for Rising Up With Sonali. Documents obtained by a news outlet in Miami have found that the...

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Breaking Down Trump’s First State Of The Union

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:44:00 +0000

AppleMark Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Donald Trump on Tuesday night delivered his very first State of the Union address as President. While his address last year at a joint session of Congress was full of ominous warnings, this year’s Trump painted a rosy picture of the economy while building up immigrants as dangerous bogeymen. Ahead of the speech Trump’s administration remained mired in...

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Two Months After Maria Hit, Puerto Rico Recovery Slow

Rosa Clemente — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 05:55:32 +0000

Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. It has been 2 months since the devastating Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico leaving majority of the island without power, clean water, access to healthcare, medicine, and food. Even as Puerto Ricans struggle toward recovery the New York Times reported on Friday that the law that Congress passed before the hurricane to deal with Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis is...

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Puerto Rico Disaster Unfolds Out Of Media Spotlight

Rosa Clemente — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 06:01:02 +0000

Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Donald Trump has threatened on Twitter to pull Federal Emergency workers out of Puerto Rico, despite the fact that a majority of the island’s residents are still without power, clean water, or a steady source of food and medicine. The President has continued to try to deflect attention away from the post-Hurricane crisis and blame Puerto Ricans for a massive...

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Trump Abandons Puerto Rico After Hurricane Devastation

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:04:50 +0000

Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Donald Trump has announced he will head to Puerto Rico next Tuesday to survey the devastation from Hurricane Maria. The storm was the worst to hit the island in nearly 90 years and has left behind huge areas with no running water, electricity or cell phone service. Reports are emerging that Puerto Rico is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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Puerto Rico’s Statehood Vote Boycotted By Majority – Rising Up with Sonali

Rosa Clemente — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:20:12 +0000

First published on Rising Up with Sonali FEATURING ROSA CLEMENTE – News reports this week celebrated a vote held in Puerto Rico, a colony of the US, as being overwhelmingly in favor of statehood. The idea of Puerto Rico as the US’s 51st state is a seductive one but what didn’t make the headlines was that a population that is generally counted on for high voter turn out, boycotted the election in...

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