If 9/11 Attacks Can Spark Trillions in War Spending
NOVANEWS
If 9/11 Attacks Can Spark Trillions in War Spending, Asks Ocasio-Cortez, Why Can't US Find Funding for Puerto Rico 'Marshall Plan'?
"The U.S. treats Puerto Ricans as second class citizens," notes the ACLU. "Thousands of lives were lost because of it."
by: Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A government-commissioned study out Tuesday estimates that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rica after Hurricane Maria, bolstering calls for greater relief efforts. (Photo: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images)
A study commissioned by the Puerto Rican government has found that an estimated 2,975 people died after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory last year, corroborating previous analyses that have long challenged the official death toll of 64 and bolstering calls that the Am...