Author Archives: Ed Morales

Ed Morales is a freelance journalist based in New York and has been covering the Puerto Rico Debt Crisis for the Nation. He is an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, the author of Living in Spanglish and the upcoming book Latinx for Verso Press.
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Puerto Rico’s Recovery is a Battle Against Austerity

by Ed Morales

As the Trump administration touts its relief effort in Puerto Rico as a ‘good news story’ and threatens more austerity, writer Ed Morales argues the island’s devastation is a wake-up call against neoliberal excess Story Transcript AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. A top U.S. official says, “The relief effort in Puerto […]