One Year Later
After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still struggling
The official death count in Puerto Rico attributed to Hurricane Maria is 64 people. Today, Puerto Rico’s governor called for a review of the death count after media organizations have found the mortality rate is at least seven times that. Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism estimates that — in September and October, the two months following the storm — the number of people dead in Puerto Rico increased by more than 1,000. How is Washington D.C. obligated to help?
By Jamil Smith • • 1 min readThe official death count in Puerto Rico attributed to Hurricane Maria is 64 people. Today, Puerto Rico’s governor called for a review of the death count after media organizations have found the mortality rate is at least seven times that. Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism estimates that — in September and October, the two months following the storm — the number of people dead in Puerto Rico increased by more than 1,000. How is Washington D.C. obligated to help?
Jamil Smith
senior writer for Rolling Stone
Quinn O'Toole
managing producer
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Yael Even Or
Producer, 'Press Play'
William Ramirez
ACLU / Inter-American University School of Law
Arelis Hernandez
The Washington Post
Ed Morales
Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race