Skip to Main Content
Newsletters
Crossword
SUBSCRIBE
ALL
CS
CHEAT SHEET
NEWSLETTERS
LOG IN
Cheat Sheet
Media
Obsessed
Royals
Politics
Opinion
Innovation
U.S. News
Scouted
My Account
Manage Newsletters
Subscription Offers
Need Help?
LogOut
HOMEPAGE
U.S. News
Hey, Trump: Washington and Wall Street Broke Puerto Rico
REAL TALK
The island is a colony by another name, denied basic rights afforded to states and preyed upon by bankers. Hurricane Maria was a 100-year disaster in the making.
Gil Hall
Published
Oct. 15 2017
12:00AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
Gil Hall
https://twitter.com/gillamhall
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast
here
.
Trending Now
Politics
Trump-Hating Podcast Rockets Past Rogan With Nearly Double the Downloads
Nandika Chatterjee
Politics
‘Don’t Tell Melania’: Trump Once Offered Rising MAGA Star His Bed
Erkki Forster
Politics
Stephen Miller Loses His Cool on Fox News: ‘Absolute Moron’
Erkki Forster
U.S. News
Tesla Stock Has Tanked So Much That It’s No Longer Musk’s Biggest Asset
Leigh Kimmins
politics
Trump Starts Tire Fire in Swing State Over MAGA Boycott Tweet
Sam Brodey
,
Hunter Woodall