Yarimar Bonilla

Yarimar Bonilla is a Professor at the City University of New York. She is a prolific writer and renowned scholar, and has been  the recipient of numerous grants, awards, and prestigious fellowships. 

Yarimar Bonilla is Professor in the Department of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at Hunter College and in the PhD Program in Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is also a prominent public intellectual and a leading voice on Caribbean and Latin-X politics. She writes a monthly column in the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día titled “En Vaivén,” is a regular contributor to publications such as The Washington Post, The Nation, Jacobin, and The New Yorker, and a frequent guest on National Public Radio and news programs such as Democracy Now!.

Yarimar Bonilla appears in the following:

Producer Appreciation Weeks: Monica Morales-Garcia

Monday, May 29, 2023

West Coast correspondent Monica Morales-Garcia share's her favorite segments and why they mattered to her. 

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Now, Who Speaks [non-English]?

Wednesday, February 08, 2023

When Bad Bunny took the stage to give an acceptance speech; one that was both little English, and a little Spanish the captions read, “speaking in [non-English].”

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Hurricane Fiona Update

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Hear the latest on Hurricane Fiona from callers and Yarimar Bonilla, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College.

Puerto Rico's Rights and Statehood

Monday, April 25, 2022

What does the recent Supreme Court decision mean to the future of the island? 

What Happens When a Political Project Dies?

Friday, April 09, 2021

The afterlife of Puerto Rico's political experiment.

Understanding Puerto Rico’s 'Existential Crisis'

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

How are Puerto Ricans thinking about the political future of their island?

Puerto Rico Demands Answers

Friday, January 24, 2020

Puerto Rico has been suffering hundreds of earthquakes. After a slow disaster response, who should be held accountable?

Puerto Rico's Ongoing Trauma

Friday, January 17, 2020

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. Now, a series of earthquakes is damaging the island physically -- and its residents, emotionally. 

In Puerto Rico, What Comes Next?

Friday, August 09, 2019

There are more protests on the island against the newly sworn-in governor. But there are also more conversations about what comes next. 

Puerto Rico, In the News for the Wrong Reasons

Friday, September 14, 2018

Is there a way to use Trump's cruel tweets to get attention for what's really going on?

Hurricane Season

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Hurricane Maria's death toll is questioned by journalists even as the island braces for this year's hurricane season. In this podcast, we revisit our reporting from Puerto Rico.  

The Role of Private Investment in Rebuilding Puerto Rico

Thursday, March 08, 2018

Puerto Rico is looking to private investment to rebuild after Hurricane Maria. Is this a good thing or reason to worry?

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What Maria Revealed

Friday, December 15, 2017

After Hurricane Maria stripped away Puerto Rico's lush vegetation, residents suddenly saw what had been previously hidden — from unknown neighbors to long-standing political concerns.

How Colonialism in the Caribbean Affects Hurricane Prep and Recovery

Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Caribbean islands were hit hard by Irma. But how does the colonial history - and present - affect the residents and the islands' hurricane preparedness and recovery?

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Puerto Rico, An Island In Search Of Itself

Friday, June 16, 2017

Puerto Ricans once recoiled from the word "colony". But as the island searches for new ways to define itself, the term seems more appropriate and popular than ever before.

Puerto Rican Election Results

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Yarimar Bonilla, political anthropologist and a professor in the departments of both anthropology and Latino and Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University, analyzes the election results in Puerto Rico, including the vote on statehood.

 

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