“You can kill people with a gun or you can kill them with neglect.”

It’s part of a $3.6 billion package pulled out of the Department of Defense’s budget to pay for 175 miles of barrier.

“I hope this isn’t a smoke screen and that there’s a real audit. That’s what all these people who have lost trust in the government expect.”

The Puerto Rican Senate filed a lawsuit questioning the validity of the swearing in of the territory’s new governor, Pedro Pierluisi.

Thousands celebrate, but some say his replacement, Wanda Vázquez, is also unfit to serve.

Half a million Puerto Rico residents are mobilizing to oust their elected leader in the aftermath of a text message scandal.

Three years in the making, the effort prioritizes pensioners over bondholders—and will likely be challenged on grounds of constitutionality.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and recent legislative challenges to their rights, members of Puerto Rico’s queer community are working to restore life-saving spaces.

In lieu of celebrating “Independence Day,” we present a selection of titles that explore the idea of liberation via the lives, poetry, history and art of people of color.

NPR spoke to politicians and residents of the island about what they are doing in the face of government inaction.  

A new study from the  Puerto Rico Department of Education and Medical University of South Carolina found that nearly one-third of the children surveyed reported strong predictors of PTSD following the storm.

Writer Wei Jia and Project South’s Azadeh Shahshahani explore why the cathedral is being rebuilt by billionaires, but—five years after the water crisis began—Flint still doesn’t have safe water.

These are the real life consequences of Capitol Hill in-fighting.

Democrats say the bill’s aid package is another sign of Republican disregard for the island.

Caribbean ecosystems devastated by climate-related extreme weather have global implications.

Human rights attorney Ariadna Godreau-Aubert: “What we’ve seen so far is that this is a plan for developers, and not for the people.”

Ticket sales will aid the Flamboyan Arts Fund’s mission to uplift the island’s arts institutions.