Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, and flooded the coastal valleys and unleashed mudslides in the mountain terrains of the small Caribbean island.
America Media sent Senior Editor J.D. Long-García and José Dueño, associate editor of America Films, to report on how the storm affected the Puerto Rican people, and what they were doing to recover.
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Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, an organization of communities for people with disabilities and their aides, has died at 90. Collected here are several articles about Mr. Vanier, including an obituary by America’s Colleen Dulle. An advocate for and friend to developmentally disabled people, Mr. Vanier is a model of compassion, humility and wonderment for us all.
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