We offer three research poems on the theme of reproductive justice by Yamelin Jaquez. She wrote the poems below while a student at Lehigh University where she studied Journalism and Communications. Jaquez is originally from the Dominican Republic and raised in Philadelphia. She describes the process of researching and writing the poems. This project incorporates poems …

By William Garcia-Medina Growing up as an Afro-Latino in Puerto Rico, I don’t have a childhood memory of having books by authors of color or with characters of color. I could not understand that Black Puerto Ricanness in Puerto Rico had meaning and its own unique experience. I was too young to have a lens …

By Sujei Lugo Vázquez I remember a childhood of family weekends traveling around and across the island, visiting plazas, parks, natural reserves, going to festivals, and stopping at local businesses. Through our car windows, we could see the different ecological systems that filled Puerto Rico and were taught and reminded to love our land, our …

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By Dr. Marilisa Jiménez García En Julio del 2019—todo cambió. For 12 days, Puerto Ricans from every political party took to the streets through the archipelago calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Published by the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, a series of chats between himself and major figures in his cabinet—riddled with abusive language about …