Talk:Yarimar Bonilla

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Media Appearances and Public Scholarship

Bonilla is a frequent contributor to mainstream media outlets such as The Washington Post and The Nation. She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio and television news programs such as Democracy Now!, and publishes a monthly column titled “En vaivén” in the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día.

Below is a list of selected op-eds, columns, interviews and media appearances.

(November 2015) “#BlackLivesMatter: Anthropologists on Protests, Policing, and Race-Based Violence” Society for Cultural Anthropology podcast

(November 2016) “Trump, Lugaro, Cidre, y el Sueno Americano (Trump, Lugaro, Cidre, and the American Dream) 80 Grados Prensasinprisa

(June 2017) “Puerto Rico, An Island in Search of Itself” WNYC Video

(September 2017) “How Colonialism in the Caribbean Affects Hurricane Prep and Recovery” The Brian Lehrer Show

(September 2017) “Why would anyone in Puerto Rico want a Hurricane? Because someone will get rich.” The Washington Post

(September 2017) “Puerto Ricans Call for Aid Amid Catastrophe: ‘We’re American Citizens. We can’t be Left to Die’” Democracy Now Interview

(September 2017) “The Jones Act” The World Podcast Interview

(September 2017) “Yes, Puerto Ricans are Americans (Roundtable Discussion)” The 1A Radio Interview

(September 2017) “In the midst of ‘unimagineable devastation, the US government is ignoring Puerto Rico’” Democracy Now Interview

(September 2017) “Anthrobites Podcast: Sovereignty” Anthrobites Podcast

(September 2017) "Vulture Capitalists Circle Above Puerto Rican Prey” Bill Moyers Interview

(September 2017) “Puerto Ricans in anguish as they await news from the island” PBS Interview

(October 2017) “The Psychological Toll of Natural Disasters - and how mainland Puerto Ricans are coping” PBS

(October 2017) “Why Federal Aid Isn’t Enough to Save Puerto Rico” WNYC Studios

(October 2017) “Puerto Rico Debt Forgiveness: A Moral Imperative Or Economic Recklessness?” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

(November 2017) “How to Help the University of Puerto Rico - and How Not To” The Chronicle of Higher Education

(December 2017) “After the Storm” WNYC Studios

(December 2017) “Reporter’s Notebook: Puerto Rico’s Paradox” WNYC Studios

(December 2017) “Death and Suffering in Puerto Rico Constantly Downplayed” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

(December 2017) “Month’s After Maria” The 1A Interview

(January 2018) “How Puerto Ricans fit into an increasingly anti-immigrant U.S” The Washington Post

(February 2018) “For Investors, Puerto Rico Is A Fantasy Blank Slate” The Nation

(March 2018) “The Role of Private Investment in Rebuilding Puerto Rico” WNYC Interview

(March 2018) “‘ The Battle for Paradise’ Interview with Naomi Klein” The Intercept

(March 2018) “Sobre la xenofobia y otros males (On xenophobia and other evils)” El Nuevo Dia

(March 2018) “6 Months After Maria, Puerto Ricans Face a New Threat - Education Reform” The Nation

(March 2018) “Puerto Rico tras el huracan: los puertorriquenos se van, los ‘ultraricos’ llegan (Puerto Rico after the hurricane; the Puerto Ricans leave, the ‘ultra rich’ arrive)” Democracy Now

(March 2018) “Catalogan como ‘doble trauma’ la Experiencia de los boricuas tras Maria (The experience of Puerto Ricans after Maria is cataloged as ‘double trauma’)” El Nuevo Dia

(April 2018) “Colonialismo, saqueo y reforma educativa (Colonialism, looting, and educational reform)” 80 Grados Prensasinprisa

(April 2018) “Here’s what your U.S History Textbooks won’t tell you about Puerto Rico” Now This video

(April 2018) “Los Olvidados (The Forgotten)” 80 Grados Prensasinprisa

(July 2018) “Puerto Ricanstruction: Federal Court Cases Determine Human Rights and Creditors’ Rights” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

(September 2018) “El trauma de Maria: ¿Como contar lo perdido? (Maria’s Trauma: How to tell what was lost?)” El Nuevo Dia

(September 2018) “Trump’s false claims about Puerto Rico are insulting. But they reveal a deeper truth” The Washington Post

(September 2018) “When Disaster Capitalism comes for the University of Puerto Rico” The Nation

(September 2018) “What lies ahead for Puerto Rico” WNYC

(October 2018) “¿La ‘universidad del norte’ o la universidad del desastre? (The ‘northen university’ or the university of disaster)” 80 Grados Prensasinprisa

(October 2018) “El conejo de todos los males (The bunny of all evils)” El Nuevo Dia

(November 2018) “Bad Bunny, Good Scapegoat” Billboard

(December 2018) “De Cultura y Soberanía con Yarimar Bonilla (Of Culture and Sovereignty with Yarimar Bonilla)” Art19- Alzando la Voz

(December 2018) “El problema de ‘Hamilton’ no es la seguridad (The ‘Hamilton’ problem is not safety)” El Nuevo Dia

(April 2019) “Trump hasn’t treated Puerto Rico well. But that’s a long U.S tradition” The Washington Post

(April 2019) “How Puerto Ricans Hear Trump’s Insults” Slate

(April 2019) “Plan de Contigencia: La frontera imperial ft. Yarimar Bonilla (Contingency Plan: The imperial border ft. Yarimar Bonilla)” El Calce