Hurricane Maria

Puerto Rico's power outages are the largest in US history, report says

In terms of the total number of lost hours of electricity, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are in the midst of the largest blackout in US history, according to a report from an economic research company.

One Has to Wonder After Hurricane Maria How Trump Would Treat Hawaii and Guam

by Ronald L. Feinman

Would he go all out to help if they were attacked in a war with North Korea?

Trump Tells Puerto Ricans to be “Proud” that They Aren’t Dead

by Lillian Guerra

History calls on us to act.

Puerto Rico’s Hurricane María Proves Once Again that Natural Disasters Are Never Natural

by Stuart B. Schwartz

The island’s political and financial crisis and its problematic political status makes coping with disaster very difficult.

FEMA Chief Slammed for Calling Puerto Rico Relief Efforts the 'Most Logistically Challenging Event'

Brock Long's comments attracted scorn on Twitter, where many pointed out that the U.S. had managed many complex logistical arrangements decades before.