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WATCH: Police question Bryant coach after hit-and-run crash
The bodycam video, taken when an officer visited Grasso’s home on Oct. 2, shows damage along the right side of one of his vehicle. A piece of one of the door handles is missing and the side mirror is scuffed.
Decontamination equipment out of reach for some RI fire stations
Washing extractors in fire departments decontaminate their turnout gear after a fire, but the equipment is expensive to purchase and install; there are spatial constraints; and some of the machines vary in capacity and speed.
The Washington Post’s The Lily
Many students in Puerto Rico suffer from menstrual injustice. Here’s how activists want to help.
These are the struggles facing some people who menstruate on the island of Puerto Rico. In many public schools, teachers say, students come up against a horde of troubles when managing their periods. Along with poor public school bathroom conditions, they say, is a lack of comprehensive menstrual education and access to menstrual products. There is also the stigma — having your period is still seen as a mark of weakness and impurity.
Refinery29
What Makes Someone Puerto Rican Enough? How About Winning Gold?
Personally, the story of people who have been adopted by the island is familiar. Forty years ago, my grandmother and father arrived on a new strip of land they would now call home. The salt air smelled like Havana, the cobblestones laid by the same colonizers, but the Spanish had a different lilt. Puerto Rico — not Cuba — is their home now. As I watch those questioning Camacho-Quinn’s identity, I think about how the definition of “Puerto Ricanness” in my own family is so fluid and representative of how so many others feel toward the island.
Ms. Magazine
One Woman, Many Causes: Meet the Activist Propelling Puerto Rico Toward Progressive, Feminist Change
Figueroa commands a conversation easily, attempting to cram as many words into a sentence as possible. Thick hair, a colorful eyeglass chain, and an arm wrapped in a flower tattoo catch the eye, but it’s her candidness when speaking about social justice issues that keeps you centered on her face.
The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com
After the storm: Four years after Hurricane María, Puerto Ricans who sought safety in Syracuse share their stories
The family’s story is a snippet of the Puerto Rican experience after Hurricane María, but reflects the hundreds of boricuas who came to call Syracuse home after the storm.
Photo by Alaina Beckett
Meet the ‘Cuse Curlfriend’: Shakera Kemp specializes in cutting and styling naturally curly hair
For years, Maya High wore wigs or braids because she felt like she had to. When High met curl specialist, Shakera Kemp, her feelings toward her natural hair texture changed.