JOURNALISM FROM ROSA CLEMENTE
Speaking Truth To Power
Puerto Rico Rising – Loíza
Loíza is a town that was founded by runaway (Cimarrones) Africans in the 1600s. It is now home to Puerto Rico’s largest African descendant community.
Podcast: Real Black News with Raqiyah Mays
“Having Amara La Negra and Cardi B really has changed how a lot of younger Latino women are seeing themselves racially... But if you’re saying you’re Afro Latino and ‘I don’t like Black Lives Matter’ then you’re not dealing with Anti-Blackness. You’re just saying it...
![Abolish ICE – Mijente Day of Action [Video]](https://dev.julescowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/free-our-future-400x250.jpg)
Abolish ICE – Mijente Day of Action [Video]
Mijente took to the streets in a Day of Action in San Diego…their message was loud and clear: #FreeOurFuture #ShutDownSessions #AbolishICE #ShutDownOperationStreamline.
‘It Should Have Been a Day of Mourning’: One Activist on Sitting Out the Puerto Rican Day Parade
Rosa Clemente opens up about her difficult decision that was sparked by the newly-revealed Hurricane Maria casualties. – RollingStone
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Puerto Rico Rising: 4645, Stop Lying [VIDEO]
“We still don’t have the basic things that are essentially human rights.”
– Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulin Cruz
The True Story of Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico
There has been little to no accountability of the Trump Administration’s botched response to Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico Rising – #PRontheMap
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. A category 4 storm, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the island in almost a century. Now, the people of Puerto Rico are hungry, homeless and dying. Many towns lack...
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Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria [PDF Report]
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive infrastructural damage to Puerto Rico, but its effect on mortality remains contentious. The official death count is 64.
Women of Color of Time’s Up: #MuteRKelly
We demand appropriate investigations and inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly’s abuse made by women of color and their families for over two decades now.
Rosa Clemente Shares Her Story About Sexual Abuse #muteRKelly
Last night I talked about the first time I was sexually abused at the age of 6, why we must #muteRKelly and the problem of abusers in Hip Hop culture.