"But the government's assistance so far has been underwhelming. Last October, when Congress passed a $36.5 billion disaster relief bill to help areas ravaged by hurricanes and wildfires, it gave Puerto Rico $4.9 billion as a loan. (Other devastated areas like Texas, Florida, and California instead received grants. The loan adds to Puerto Rico's already crushing debt.) [Then] the U.S. Treasury announced it would be cutting that loan to $2 billion, though it's not clear if the federal government will even agree to distribute these funds at all." from The Intercept March 2, 2018

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ON MARCH 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to the residents of Puerto Rico. But 101 years later, the federal government, by abandoning the island in the wake of a crippling debt crisis and an even more devastating hurricane, is treating Puerto Ricans like citizens in name only.

Washington's failure to adequately help Puerto Rico rebuild its economy and school system was the focus of a daylong conference at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, hosted by the American Federation of Teachers, the Hispanic Federation, and the Albert Shanker Institute... Five months after Puerto Rico's worst natural disaster in nearly a century, more than 30 percent of the island - over 900,000 people - still live READ MORE

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