Nov 18, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
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...
Oct 13, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
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....
Sep 27, 2017 | Journalism, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
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,...
Jun 21, 2017 | Media Appearances, Puerto Rico, Rising Up with Sonali
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...
Jan 23, 2017 | Electoral Politics, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. Millions of people marched around the country and also the world on January 21st. Among them were my guest Rosa Clemente, the 2008 Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, who knows a thing or two about electoral politics and...
Nov 17, 2016 | Black Lives Matter, Journalism, Rising Up with Sonali
Produced for Rising Up with Sonali. A video of a white man screaming insults at a female employee of Starbucks in Miami has gone viral. The man yelled at the woman of color, “You’re trash…you’re garbage…you’re complete trash,” and, “I voted for Trump,” and “you lost.”...
