A judge earlier this year ordered the Archdiocese to pay $4.7 million worth of pensions to both active and retired teachers working at dozens of its schools.
Puerto Rico
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000
Researchers reported that physicians and others told them that Puerto Rico’s government did not notify them about federal guidelines on how to document deaths related to a major disaster.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Puerto Rico death toll could be 70 times higher than originally reported, study says
A new study from The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the actual number of people who died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria is close to 5,000.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Why aren’t we paying attention to Puerto Rico?
Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at thousands of U.S. citizens. The demonstrations received little news coverage. That is because the protests did not happen in Oklahoma or West Virginia but in Puerto Rico.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What the hurricanes revealed about Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was home to widespread poverty and on the verge of bankruptcy. And that was before Hurricane Maria.