Puerto Rico Needs More Than Thoughts and Prayers. Where Is Hollywood?

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Chief Awards Editor

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Hey, Hollywood, Boricuas need you.

On Friday, more than 180,000 households and businesses across San Juan and six neighboring municipalities woke up to dry faucets. For 48 hours at a stretch, on a rotating schedule with no end date, they will go without water. Roughly half a million people are being asked to live without the most basic need of a functioning society, and the silence around it is heartbreaking.

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