Crítica

From digital archives to endangered collections, the future of cultural memory depends on refusing to let history disappear.

Its principles provide a forward-thinking infrastructure strategy.

Electricity, now water. Puerto Rico's poor infrastructure is a reflection of years of corruption and bad governance.

Outages are a burden on small business and a public health threat.

Colonization and the evolution of meat consumption in Puerto Rico

A new law limiting permit challenges makes the Cabo Rojo fight not only about a resort, but about whether communities can still defend land before it is transformed.

How various foodways shaped Puerto Rican cuisine—and how colonial memory learned to hide them

Trump’s conflict with Iran was sold as a show of strength. Instead, it has raised prices, strained alliances and exposed the limits of American power.

The Anthem They Still Fear

From the Real Cédula de Gracias to Act 60, the archipelago has repeatedly subsidized outsiders while neglecting the local production needed for real economic self-determination.

Privatization, Neoliberal Reform, and Populist Politics in Argentina and Puerto Rico in the 1990s

Puerto Ricans in the United States After 1898

Puerto Ricans in the United States Before 1898

For TIME, I wrote about the the corruption in Puerto Rico and the effects of Trump's pardon on former governor Wanda Vazquez, guilty of corruption charges.

A symbol once shaped by colonial elites, political branding, and cultural betrayal

How Politics and Privatization Pushed the Archipelago Backward

It’s not as clear-cut a story as you might assume.

And how Puerto Ricans made it our own.

For TIME, I wrote about the US remilitarization in Puerto Rico

Its economic consequences could be reminiscent of the Prohibition era.