Ed Morales

Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race

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Ed Morales teaches at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. He’s been covering the Puerto Rican debt crisis for The Nation.

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The official death count in Puerto Rico attributed to Hurricane Maria is 64 people.

After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still struggling

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