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Trains collide: The 1981-82 University of Puerto Rico student strike
April 07, 2026
by José A. Laguarta Ramírez
Part one of a four-part series. In September 1981, students at the flagship Río Piedras campus of…
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ser islas/being islands
by Víctor Fragosotranslated by Paul Orbuchwith archival photos and materials Originally published in 1976, this latest bilingual…
Zines
Zine: The History of the U.S. Military in Puerto Rico
This zine highlights the history of militarization in Puerto Rico since 1898. It includes a timeline of…
RicanWritings
Exorcising Memory: Yanira Castro and the Choreography of Liberation
February 06, 2026
by Daliana A. Otero Muñoz
Imagine this: a huge red mural stretches across the façade of a building, with bold black letters…
RicanWritings
More than meets the I: The link between perspectives and lived spac...
January 30, 2026
by José Juan González
As I am sitting near the pool table of one of Rio Piedras’s oldest bars, El Boricua,…
RicanWritings
Un encuentro en el archipiélago
January 29, 2026
by Profa. Natasha Sagardía Beltrán
El altar, parte de la exhibición de la artista visual Jomary Ortega, residente del encuentro. Imagen: Sthephanie Ríos.…
RicanWritings
Un edredón para los turistas: An analysis into the discomfort of di...
January 23, 2026
by Adriana Jordán Banuchi
FEMA Tarps and USACE Blue Roofs Aid in Protecting Homes From Further Damage Release Date: October 19,…
RicanWritings
The right to exist: Pablo Delano’s reclamation of colonial history
January 16, 2026
by María de Lourdes Javier Rivera
Porto Rico non existe! – exclaimed a frustrated mail clerk in Italy. I had been visiting a…
RicanWritings
Confronting authenticity and self-reflection in Gabriella Torres-Fe...
January 15, 2026
by Juan José Roque-Giraud
The mirror often provokes profound and unsettling feelings of discomfort. Its reflective surface confronts us with rarely…
CENTRO Journal
The CENTRO Militarization Reader
At the time of writing these lines, the Caribbean basin is undergoing the most rapid re- militarization…
RicanWritings
El roto como retrato: Roberto Márquez Jorge and the Inversion of Po...
January 09, 2026
by Melissa M. Ramos Borges
It is clear that the world is purely parodic, in other words, that each thing seen is…
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CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVI, no. 1, Spring 2024
DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL SPRING 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 1 SPECIAL ISSUE: The Life, Times, and Writings of Bernardo Vega…
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animal fiero y tierno/fierce and tender animal
DESCRIPTION ANIMAL FIERO Y TIERNOfierce and tender animal by Ángela María Dávila Malavétranslated by Roque Raquel Salas…
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CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVI, no. 3, Fall 2024
DESCRIPTION TABLE OF CONTENTS CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 3 “¡Esto no sale de la nada!”: AgitArte’s…
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CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVII, no. 1, Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL SPRING 2025 • VOLUME XXXVII • NUMBER 1 WATER PROOF: OLAS DE MEMORIA GUEST…
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CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVII, no. 2, Summer 2025
DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL Summer 2025 | VOLUME 37 | NUMBER 2 Mapping Social Death Across Alexa Negrón Luciano’s (After)Life: Language, Disablement,…
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Diasporic Collage + Coastal Relations Exhibition Catalogue
DESCRIPTION Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a PeopleCurated by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Dr. Windy…
RicanWritings
Memory, Space, [Be]longing: The Artistic Production of Estefanía Va...
January 02, 2026
by Carlos Ortiz Burgos
Her childhood memories are the raw material Estefanía Vallejo Santiago uses in her artistic production. To be…
RicanWritings
Material Cosmos: A Conversation with Gisela Colón
December 16, 2025
by Arianna Rosario Valentín
In an increasingly militarized world marked by ever escalating colonial contradictions, apathy and hyper-individualism have become the…
RicanWritings
André Marcel Pagán - Untitled (2022)
December 16, 2025
by Carlos Rivera
Anyone who has traveled by airplane has seen the seatback screens that provide on-board entertainment. These have…
RicanWritings
Diasporican Art in Motion: Interview with artist Marisol Ruiz
December 16, 2025
by Karelys C. Rivera Nieves
A lot of times when something shows up in a painting, it’s because I’ve been thinking about…
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Efrén Candelaria
December 16, 2025
by Luis A. Bonilla Robles
In the ever-evolving landscape of Puerto Rican art, few voices carry the depth, rigor, and emotional honesty…
RicanWritings
Interviewing Artist Brenda Cruz Díaz
December 16, 2025
by Sol Bermúdez
Brenda Cruz Díaz is a woman of many hats. She is an interdisciplinary artist, (art) historian, and…
RicanWritings
Elisa Dore and the Figure of the Vejigante as a Reclaiming of her P...
December 15, 2025
by Adrián E. Torrens
The themes of Puerto Rican-ness and Puerto Rican identity are common in my work, and a lot…
RicanWritings
The Fire We Share: On Anthem of Evaporated Tears
December 11, 2025
by Maria Burgos
A review of the poetry collection by Xavier Valcárcel, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera When I…
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Andina Marie Osorio
December 09, 2025
by Clara García Meléndez
On April 10th, 2025, I sat down via video call with artist Andina Marie Osorio and talked…
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MISLA
December 09, 2025
by Coral Ramos Delgado
Upon encountering Misla’s work, one may well be getting a glimpse into a very personal, yet instantly…
RicanWritings
The Fool: A Journey between Identities
December 09, 2025
by Adriana Colón
The Fool (2024) by the Puerto Rican artist, Isabella Mellado, is a large format oil painting featuring…
RicanWritings
Diasporican Art: An Interview with Beatriz Amelia Whitehill
December 09, 2025
by Gabriela Bustelo
Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, twenty-six-year-old diasporic artist, Beatriz Whitehill carries Puerto Rico in every step she takes.…
RicanWritings
Amanda Carmona Bosch: In Transit, Against the Current
December 09, 2025
by Laura Bravo López
Amanda Carmona Bosch is a rara avis in the history of Puerto Rican art. In her work, her language,…
RicanWritings
Miguel Trelles Hernández’ Tocororo (2018); What Does Puerto Rican A...
November 15, 2025
by Mercedes Trelles
Miguel Trelles Hernández grew up on a diet of comic books, novels, and films. That sense of fantasy…
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How United States Policy is Hurting Puerto Rico's Students
Author: Chris Soto, MPA Overview Public school students in Puerto Rico are suffering under the worst learning…
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Mobility, Dispersion and Economic Diversity in Housing Conditions f...
This report presents housing data in legislative districts in the state of New York and compare them…
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Puerto Ricans in New Jersey, 2024
In 2024, New Jersey had the fourth largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States (484,119),…
RicanWritings
Remembering Rafael Hernández: A Reflection on “Preciosa”
October 20, 2025
by Kiana González-Cedeño
Sitting in my living room like so many other Puerto Ricans watching the live stream of Bad…
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Weaving with Memories: Mapping Gabby Vázquez’s Journey Towards Cult...
October 16, 2025
by Ariana García López
Gabrielle “Gabby” Vázquez is a creative researcher born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican and Dominican parents. She…
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Urban Renewal and the Displacement of Puerto Ricans in Lincoln Square
This report focuses an overlooked Puerto Rican community in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, called Lincoln Square, during…
RicanWritings
The More Things Change… Growth, Public Goods, and Hispanic Displace...
September 22, 2025
by Carlos Vargas-Ramos
Once again, the state of New York is asking Hispanic families to bear the inordinate costs of…
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The Housing Profiles for New York State Legislative Districts
The Housing Profiles for New York State Legislative Districts provide basic housing information for New York and…
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Nuestras Cifras- Our Numbers: Sociodemographic Profiles of New York...
This report provides an initial assessment of how Hispanics fare in several sociodemographic aspects relative to the…
RicanWritings
Embodying Gabrielle Vázquez
August 19, 2025
by Jack Adam
, Gabby Vazquez
Gabrielle Vázquez is having a lot more fun than you or me. Equal parts artist and art,…
RicanWritings
Causas y efectos según el artista Lope Max Díaz
August 14, 2025
by Jorge Rodríguez Acevedo
, Lope Max Díaz
La obra se ha caído. Ha rebotado con el suelo. Su color se ha nivelado al fondo,…
RicanWritings
NUEVAYol: afterimages for the diaspora
August 13, 2025
by Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez
The much-anticipated video for Bad Bunny’s song “NUEVAYoL” premiered on the Fourth of July, an auspicious release…
RicanWritings
Memories Through Our Things
August 11, 2025
by Chenoa Baker
Collage is derived from the French verb coller, meaning “to stick” (Nguyen, 2024). Ephemeral evidence is rarely…
RicanWritings
Rican(actments): Mourning, Kinship, and Existential Waiting in Nata...
August 07, 2025
by Isabel Padilla Carlo
, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo
The coquí frogs’ chirping fills the audible space before any voices do. It’s a familiar noise for…
RicanWritings
Boundaries of Belonging: Reclaiming Place through Memory and Archit...
August 05, 2025
by Saint Electric; Estefanía Vallejo Santiago
The idea of place—a space where we belong—is a constant subject for many of us. For Afro-Puerto…
RicanWritings
Health & Wellness in the Community: The Art of Cindy Lozito
July 31, 2025
by Victoria Ramirez Rahbar
Arrivals Cindy Lozito is a South Philadelphia-based visual storyteller, creating comics, illustrations, and murals that speak to…
RicanWritings
Fuego y Cimarronaje en la obra Quema’o #3 del artista Jean “Baco” O...
July 29, 2025
by Ricardo Mariani
En el celebrado y destacado libro Esclavos Rebeldes. Conspiraciones y sublevaciones en Puerto Rico (1795-1873), el historiador…
RicanWritings
Mi amigue el mangle: Un reencuentro con la obra migratoria de Lauri...
July 23, 2025
by Sara Rodriguez Rivera
, Laurie De Jesús Lagares
Un invierno de 2022 recibí una llamada de la artista visual puertorriqueña Laurie De Jesús Lagares, quien…
RicanWritings
A Reflection on the Work of Artist Bibiana Suárez
July 22, 2025
by Elizabeth Garrett
Bibiana Suárez, born and raised in Puerto Rico and now based in windy city Chicago, blows the…
RicanWritings
Cocinando Suave: On the Visual Metaphor of Josué Guarionex
July 17, 2025
by Néstor David Pastor
With Precario (2023), a chair-like sculpture constructed from discarded pieces of wooden furniture, Puerto Rican-born, New York-based…
RicanWritings
Not Your Typical House Museum: Puerto Rican Space Making through Ar...
July 16, 2025
by Amanda J. Guzmán
I first met Christina in 2018. We were Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellows at the Caribbean Cultural Center…
RicanWritings
Con ES-MERO: La línea La línea diversificada y meticulosa de Pseudo...
July 10, 2025
by Mariel Quiñones Vélez
“Cuando una obra tiene una sola interpretación para todo el que la mira, no es una obra de…
RicanWritings
(Re)mejunje: In Conversation with Valeria Tizol Vivas
July 08, 2025
by Carlina Perna
To say remejunje:requemar begins or ends with a particular gesture would be misleading. Throughout the performance, Valeria…
RicanWritings
In Direction of the Sun: An analysis of the monochromatic high key ...
July 03, 2025
by Harold J. Leonard Navarro
Since color became the default in cinema, using black-and-white is now a deliberate choice (Misek, 2010). In…
RicanWritings
Navigating Noise, Diasporic Mappings, and Ruptured Spaces: The Prac...
July 01, 2025
by Ana Hilda Figueroa de Jesús
Nayda Collazo-Llorens (b.1968, San Juan, PR) is an artist based in Michigan who works on paper, canvas,…
RicanWritings
Digging Deep: The Archeology of Identity in Amber Robles-Gordon’s Art
June 26, 2025
by Fabiola R. Delgado
Working in the arts was something I never envisioned for myself, considering my background as a Human…
RicanWritings
Collage as Common Ground: Juan Sánchez’ "Poema para Mami" (2013)
June 24, 2025
by Mercedes Trelles
So many things are familiar to me in this image: the chanclas, a staple of my childhood,…
RicanWritings
Arming the Contemporary Through Memory and Fantasy: A Look at Tools...
June 19, 2025
by Joseph Kattou
If one was to enter the Caribbean history wing at a museum, assuming said museum would even…
RicanWritings
Christopher López’s Hoboken Fires: From Ashes, a Counter-Archive Em...
June 16, 2025
by Tamara Cedré
On October 25, 1981, Ana Mercado lost her life along with her father, husband, and four children.…
RicanWritings
The Formation of Islets as a Metaphor Against Distance and Oblivion...
June 13, 2025
by Juan José Roque-Giraud
Islands arise through dynamic geological processes, including volcanic activity, tectonic plate shifts, and erosion. These forces not…
RicanWritings
Culture Under Siege: Policing Culture
May 29, 2025
by Dr. Sarah Bruno
What happens when the state attempts to regulate culture under the guise of protection? In our latest…
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Testimony before the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee to the United S...
by Carlos Vargas-Ramos
, Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez
RicanWritings
Palestine in the Nuyorican Literary Imagination: Pedro Pietri’s “Wi...
April 21, 2025
by Joseph Cáceres
Tomorrow will always be / Within reach of us all // Because the many are / Plenty…
Policy Brief
¿No Pagan Taxes? Overview Of Federal Revenue-Raising In Puerto Rico...
Residents of Puerto Rico pay federal taxes. They did so to the tune of $5 billion in…
RicanWritings
Reseña Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) por Bad Bunny
March 10, 2025
by Alex Sastre-Rivera
Uno de los coros más populares en la época Navideña en mi Puerto Rico es la canción…
RicanWritings
Hoy Te Recuerdo: Mapping Femicides in Puerto Rico
February 10, 2025
by Adrianna Ríos
Adrianna Ríos has developed an interactive Google Map documenting femicides in Puerto Rico between January 2021 and…
RicanWritings
Aquí y allá: Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, and the 2024 Elections
December 16, 2024
by Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina
Puerto Ricans were in the national spotlight during the last weeks of the US presidential campaign at…
CENTRO Journal
CENTRO Journal Summer 2024 | Vol. 36 | No. 2,
CENTRO JOURNAL SUMMER 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 2 SPECIAL ISSUE: Caudal: Rasanblaj of Contemporary Feminist and Queer/Cuir…
RicanWritings
An East-Harlem–Diasporic–Renaissance: Manny Vega at the Museum of t...
November 18, 2024
by Carlos Ortiz Burgos
captured by author Carlos Ortiz Burgos in Nov. 2024
RicanWritings
Inaugurating RicanWritings: A Ceremony for Relations
October 14, 2024
by Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez
In a time where the humanities, ethnic studies, books, and even knowledge itself are being banned, regulated,…
CENTRO Journal
CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 3
CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 3 Obligados a olvidar: Settlement and Displacement in 20th Century San Juan,…
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The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship
The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship The AfroCENTRO Reader was conceived as an accompanying piece…
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Clientelism and Corruption in the Wake of Disasters
Authors Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Wendy Prudencio, Mary Angelica Painter, Brevin Franklin Abstract Puerto Rico’s history of crises provides…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 35, no1 (Spring 2023)
SPECIAL ISSUE. Centering Environmental, Ecological, Climate, and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Social Justice Praxis Editores invitados /…
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Centro Journal 35, no 2 (Summer 2023)
CENTRO Journal | Summer 2023 | Volume 35 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. ¡Vivas nos queremos! The Femicide and…
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Puerto Rican Studies in the City University of New York: The First ...
Editors María Elizabeth Pérez y González, and Virginia Sánchez Korrol Description Authored by leading scholars in the…
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Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Centur...
Author Edgardo Meléndez Description Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York examines the…
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Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Victor Fragoso
Editor Consuelo Martínez-Reyes Description Not the Time to Stay brings to light for the first time the…
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Liberalism and Identity Politics: Puerto Rican Community Organizati...
Author José E. Cruz Description This book is a recollection and analysis of the role of ethnic…
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Race, Front and Center: Perspectives on Race among Puerto Ricans
Editor Carlos Vargas-Ramos Description Race, Front and Center is a collection of essays that captures the breadth…
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RHYTHM & POWER: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communi...
Editors Derrick León Washington, Priscilla Renta and Sydney Hutchinson Description The story of New York salsa is…
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Puerto Ricans in the United States Infographics, 2019 - 2023
Centro’s Infographics are visual representation of the most-up-to-date socio-demographic information about the Puerto Rican population in the…
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Hispanic Empowerment in New York’s Municipal Workforces, 2021
Employment in municipal government is another facet of empowerment and incorporation for populations that have been historically…
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The Puerto Rico Children Vulnerability Index, 2021
This report discusses the creation of the Child Vulnerability Index (CVI), how to identify the scale and…
Research Brief
Pervasive Poverty in Puerto Rico: a Closer Look
This report contextualizes the persistent poverty that exists across Puerto Rico and all its municipios, rooting its…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 34, no.1 (Spring 2022)
SPECIAL ISSUE: Back to the future: The Implications of Balzac One Hundred Years Later Editores invitados /…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 34, no.3 (Summer 2022)
SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial Practices to Emancipatory Futures Editores invitados / Guest Editors: José Atiles,…
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CENTRO Journal 34, no.3 (Fall 2022)
CENTRO Journal: Fall 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 3 ENSAYOS / ESSAYS Documentary Heritage at Risk:…
Interactive Report
Redistricting NYC: Demographic Change and The Hispanic Community
On July 15, 2022, the New York City Districting Commission released a preliminary plan for council districts…
CENTRO Journal
CENTRO Journal 34, no 2 (Summer 2022)
CENTRO Journal | Summer 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial…
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The State of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Dashboard
The Socio-Demographic Data of Puerto Ricans in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 – 2021 Dashboard…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 33, no 3 (FALL 2021)
IN THIS ISSUE Essays Book reviews
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Centro Journal 33, no2 (SUMMER 2021)
IN THIS ISSUE Articles Nuyorican mestizaje or la gran familia neorriqueña in Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean…
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Centro Journal 33, no 1 (SPRING 2021)
IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Navigating Insecurity: Crisis, Power, and Protest in Puerto Rican CommunitiesGuest editors: Aldo…
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Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...
Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the…
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Redistricting Threats to New York’s Hispanic Congressional Represen...
Proposed redistricting maps threaten Hispanic congressional representation by eliminating a congressional district currently represented by a Hispanic…
Data Sheet
Puerto Rico’s 2020 Population Decennial Analysis
Photo by Andy Orin on Unsplash The newly released 2020 decennial data for legislative redistricting highlights the…
Data Sheet
Puerto Rico’s 2020 Race/Ethnicity Decennial Analysis
According to the 2020 Decennial Census, there were about 3.29 million people living in Puerto Rico, a…
Data Sheet
Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Aging Population
For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at…
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Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Disabled Population
For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at…
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Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...
Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the…
Research Brief
Redistricting 2020: Challenges to Hispanic Congressional Representa...
The process of apportioning political power in the United is about to begin. New York Latino U.S.…
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Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2019
In 2019, the United States had an estimated population of 5,828,706 million Puerto Ricans with the majority…
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Puerto Ricans in Florida State, 2019
In 2019, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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Puerto Ricans in Virginia State, 2019
In 2019, Virginia had the 13th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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Puerto Ricans in New York State, 2019
In 2019, New York had the 2nd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania State, 2019
In 2019, Pennsylvania had the 3rd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts State, 2019
In 2019, Massachusetts had the 5th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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Puerto Ricans in New Jersey State, 2019
In 2019, New Jersey had the 4th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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Puerto Ricans in Georgia State, 2019
In 2019, Georgia had the largest 12th concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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Puerto Ricans in North Carolina State, 2019
In 2019, North Carolina had the 11th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…
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Puerto Ricans in Ohio State, 2019
In 2019, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
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Puerto Ricans in Texas State, 2019
In 2019, Texas had the 7th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…
Research Brief
Redistricting 2020: Population Change and Hispanic Congressional Re...
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau delivered to the president of the United States results…
Data Sheet
Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...
Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 32, no 1 (SPRING 2020)
IN THIS ISSUE Articles Revisiting Puerto Rico’s Nineteenth-Century Sugar-and-Slavery History | Francisco Scarano Disrupting Colonial Identity: Puerto…
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Centro Journal 32, no.2 (SUMMER 2020)
IN THIS ISSUE Articles New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba’s Latin Music Scenes and the Emergence of…
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Centro Journal 32, no 3 (FALL 2020)
IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local ParticipationGuest Editor: Edwin Meléndez Articles…
Data Sheet
Small Business Pulse Survey Shows Breadth of COVID-19 Impact on Bus...
The Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey released its first set of survey results related to the…
Research Brief
Enduring Disasters: Puerto Rico, Three Years After Hurricane María
Puerto Rico has suffered the compounded effects of multiple disasters over the last three years: the devastating…
Research Brief
Puerto Rican Citizen Voting-Age Population in 2019
The Puerto Rican population that is eligible to register to vote in the United States—because they are…
Data Sheet
Puerto Ricans in Ohio: 2010 - 2018
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans…
Data Sheet
Puerto Ricans in Florida: 2010 - 2018
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019)
Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Erasing Race: Translating Out the “Afro” in…
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Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019)
Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue / Número Especial Puerto Rican…
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Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019)
Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019) IN THIS ISSUE A Specific Beauty: Pablo Delano’s Photography in…
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Anticipated Vulnerabilities: Displacement and Migration in the Age ...
Executive Summary In 2017, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs unveiled the Municipal Vulnerability…
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Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018)
Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane Maria: Origins and Consequences…
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Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018)
Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Revisiting Queer Puerto Rican Sexualities / Revisitando…
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STORM SURGE: Impact of Post Maria Displacement of Puerto Ricans and...
Executive Summary On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico as a category 4 cyclone, with…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018)
Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican…
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Centro Journal 29, no. 3 ( FAll 2017)
Centro Journal 29, no. 3 (Fall 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: Grounding Puerto Ricans in PlaceGuest…
Research Brief
Estimates of Post-Hurricane Maria Exodus from Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico and its population is unprecedented. Though it is difficult to find…
CENTRO Journal
Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017)
Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Sunshine Politics: Puerto Rican…
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Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017)
Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017) IN THIS ISSUE U.S. Citizenship in Puerto Rico: One Hundred…
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Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016)
Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Chicago RevisitedGuest Editors: Maura Toro-Morn,…
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Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016)
Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016) IN THIS ISSUE Counterstreaming: Measuring the Impact of Cultural Remittances.…
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Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015)
Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Puerto Ricans and Transnationalism:…
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Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015)
Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents The Look of Sovereignty:…
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Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014)
Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Untendered eyes: Literary Politics of…
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Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014)
Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Guest Editor / Editor…
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Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013)
Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013) IN THIS ISSUE ESSAYS Julia de Burgos’ Writing for Pueblos…
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Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013)
Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: Puerto Rico, the United States…
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Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012)
Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012) IN THIS ISSUE The Antifoundational Foundational Fiction of Piri Thomas…
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Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012)
Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012) IN THIS ISSUE Introduction to the Special IssueJosé Luis Morín…
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Centro Journal 23, no. 1 (Spring 2011) IN THIS ISSUE Essays: Central Park Rumba: Nuyorican Identity and…
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Centro Journal 23, no. 2 (Fall 2011)
Centro Journal 23, no. 2 (Fall 2011) IN THIS ISSUE PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Table of Contents…
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Centro Journal 22, no. 2 (Fall 2010)
Centro Journal 22, no. 2 (Fall 2010) IN THIS ISSUE Polémicas, feministas, puertorriqueñas y desconocidas: Clotilde Betances…
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Centro Journal 22, no. 1 (Spring 2010)
Centro Journal 22, no. 1 (Spring 2010) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: PUERTO RICAN FLORIDAGuest Editors: Jorge…
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Centro Journal 21, no. 1 (Spring 2009)
Centro Journal 21, no. 1 (Spring 2009) IN THIS ISSUE Table of ContentsEssays: Resisting the Racial Binary?…
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Centro Journal 21, no. 2 (Fall 2009) IN THIS ISSUE Activism an d Change among Puerto Ricans…
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Centro Journal 20, no. 2 (Fall 2008) IN THIS ISSUE Slippery semantics: Race talk and everyday uses…
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Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008)
Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: Functions and valorization of language…
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Centro Journal 19, no. 2 (Fall 2007)
Centro Journal 19, no. 2 (Fall 2007) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: The Education of the Puerto…
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Centro Journal 19, no. 1 (Spring 2007)
Centro Journal 19, no. 1 (Spring 2007) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Queer SexualitiesGuest Editors: Luis Aponte-Parés,…
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Centro Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 2006)
Centro Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 2006) IN THIS ISSUE Making the decolonized visible: Puerto Rican poetry…
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Centro Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring 2006)
Centro Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring 2006) IN THIS ISSUE Military Legacies and Popular Struggle in Vieques.Guest…
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Centro Journal 17, no. 2 (Fall 2005)
Centro Journal 17, no. 2 (Fall 2005) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Visual artists and the United…
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Centro Journal 17, no. 1 (Spring 2005)
Centro Journal 17, no. 1 (Spring 2005) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Music and Dance: Rican Structing…
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Centro Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 2004)
Centro Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 2004) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Music and Dance: Rican Structing…
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Centro Journal 16, no. 1 (Spring 2004)
Centro Journal 16, no. 1 (Spring 2004) IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Puerto Rican Music and Dance:…
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Centro Journal 15, no. 2 (Fall 2003)
Centro Journal 15, no. 2 (Fall 2003) IN THIS ISSUE Sirena Selena: A Novel for the New…
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Centro Journal 15, no. 1 (Spring 2003)
Centro Journal 15, no. 1 (Spring 2003) IN THIS ISSUE IntroductionJose E. Cruz, Guest Editor Puerto Rican…
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Centro Journal 14, no. 2 (Fall 2002)
Centro Journal 14, no. 2 (Fall 2002) IN THIS ISSUE Colonial Figures in Motion: Globalization and Translocality…
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Centro Journal 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002)
Centro Journal 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002) IN THIS ISSUE Masculinidad hegemónica, sexualidad y transgresiónRafael L. Ramírez…
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Centro Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2001)
Centro Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2001) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Ricans in Chicago Introduction: Puerto Ricans…
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Centro Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 2001) IN THIS ISSUE Conquering Categories: The Problem of Pre-History in…
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Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000)
Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000) IN THIS ISSUE Speaking English in Puerto Rico: The Impact…
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Centro Journal 11, no. 2 (Spring 2000)
Centro Journal 11, no. 2 (Spring 2000) IN THIS ISSUE Indigenous Hawaiians Under Statehood: Lessons for Puerto…
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Centro Journal 11, no. 1 (Fall 1999)
Centro Journal 11, no. 1 (Fall 1999) IN THIS ISSUE 1898-1998, Part 2 The Promise and Disillusion…
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Centro Journal 9, no. 1 (Winter 1996- 97) IN THIS ISSUE The Education of Puerto Ricans Dangerous…
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Centro Journal 8, no. 1 & 2 (1996)
Centro Journal 8, no. 1 & 2 (1996) IN THIS ISSUE Race and Identity Un hombre (negro)…
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Centro Journal 7, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1994-95)
Centro Journal 7, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1994-95) IN THIS ISSUE Future Directions in Puerto Rican Studies What’s…
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Centro Journal 6, no. 1 & 2 (Spring 1994)
Centro Journal 6, no. 1 & 2 (Spring 1994) IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTPuerto Ricans &…
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Centro Journal 4, no. 2 (Spring 1992)
Centro Journal 4, no. 2 (Spring 1992) IN THIS ISSUE Smoke and Ash: A Latino Writer Looks…
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Centro Journal 5, no. 1 (Winter 1992-93)
Centro Journal 5, no. 1 (Winter 1992-93) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Youth and Youth Culture #1…
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Centro Journal 5, no. 2 (Spring 1992-93)
Centro Journal 5, no. 2 (Spring 1992-93) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Youth and Youth Culture #2…
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Centro Journal 4, no. 1 (Winter 1991)
Centro Journal 4, no. 1 (Winter 1991) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican History and Politics #1 The…
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Centro Journal 3, no. 2 (Spring 1991)
Centro Journal 3, no. 2 (Spring 1991) IN THIS ISSUE Música: Alma del Pueblo Editorial Cortijo’s RevengeJuan…
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Centro Journal 3, no. 1 (Winter 1990-91)
IN THIS ISSUE Latinos and the MediaPuerto Ricans and the Media: A Personal StatementBlanca Vázquez Mass Media in…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 8 (Spring 1990)
OUT OF PRINTLatino Film and Video Images From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. FilmsRichie Pérez…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 7 (Winter 1989-90)
OUT OF PRINTPuerto Rican Women as Writers and Workers La mujer en el Puerto Rico del siglo…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 6 (Summer 1989)
Centro 16th Anniversary Issue Puerto Rican Studies in the 1990s: Taking the Next Turn in the RoadJesse M.…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 5 (Spring 1989)
IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINT“Politics in the Puerto Rican Community“ Ciencia y política en la lucha…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 4 (Fall 1988)
IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINT A Community At Risk: The Health of Puerto Ricans AIDS and…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 3 (Spring 1988)
IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTPuerto Rican Culture Tato Laviera y Alurista: Hacia una poética bilingüeFrancis R.…
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Centro Journal 2, no. 2 (Winter 1987-88)
IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTEducation Explaining Puerto Rican PovertyAndrés Torres Hostos Community College and the Puerto…
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