{"id":7456,"date":"2026-06-22T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/puerto-rico-and-the-virgin-islands-are-part-of-america-so-why-are-they-living-w-o-water-and-power\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:25:00","slug":"puerto-rico-and-the-virgin-islands-are-part-of-america-so-why-are-they-living-w-o-water-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/puerto-rico-and-the-virgin-islands-are-part-of-america-so-why-are-they-living-w-o-water-and-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Are Part of America \u2014 So Why Are They Living w\/o Water and Power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1IIyYB3JmPI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico is in the middle of one of the worst water<br \/>\ncrises in its history \u2014 and because it&#8217;s a US territory,<br \/>\nmainstream media is barely covering it.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 40,000 customers lost water service in a single<br \/>\nweekend in June 2026. The National Guard has been<br \/>\ndeployed to distribute drinking water. Residents are<br \/>\nhauling buckets up stairs. One San Juan man hasn&#8217;t had<br \/>\nrunning water for almost TWO MONTHS. Elderly residents<br \/>\nare being hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>The US Virgin Islands are dealing with severe drought<br \/>\nconditions at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>In this video we break down exactly what&#8217;s happening,<br \/>\nwhy decades of government neglect caused this, what<br \/>\nthe connection to Puerto Rico&#8217;s energy crisis is, why<br \/>\nthe federal government&#8217;s response has been inadequate,<br \/>\nwhat this says about how America treats its territories,<br \/>\nand what Black and brown communities across America<br \/>\nshould understand about what&#8217;s happening to our people<br \/>\nin the Caribbean right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u23f1\ufe0f CHAPTERS:<br \/>\n0:00 \u2014 The Crisis Nobody Is Covering<br \/>\n2:00 \u2014 40,000 Without Water in One Weekend<br \/>\n5:00 \u2014 &quot;I Haven&#8217;t Had Water in 52 Days&quot; \u2014 Real Stories<br \/>\n9:00 \u2014 Why Is This Happening? The Infrastructure Truth<br \/>\n13:00 \u2014 50% of Puerto Rico&#8217;s Water Lost to Leaks for 19 Years<br \/>\n17:00 \u2014 The Energy Crisis Making Everything Worse<br \/>\n20:00 \u2014 US Virgin Islands \u2014 The Other Crisis Nobody Sees<br \/>\n23:00 \u2014 Trump&#8217;s Reflecting Pool vs Puerto Rico&#8217;s Water Crisis<br \/>\n26:00 \u2014 What the Federal Government Should Be Doing<br \/>\n28:00 \u2014 My Take \u2014 This Is Environmental Racism<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for the news that matters to our community.<\/p>\n<p>#PuertoRico #WaterCrisis #USVirginIslands #BlackAmerica<br \/>\n#PuertoRicoWater #NationalGuard #EnvironmentalRacism<br \/>\n#USTerritory #WaterShortage #SanJuan #Infrastructure<br \/>\n#ColonialismUSA #PuertoRicoStrong #HumanRights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rico is in the middle of one of the worst water crises in its history \u2014 and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hqdefault-226.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}