Author: Dr. Harry Franqui
I'm a historian by training, a professor of history by day, and a public intellectual and blogger by night. I'm the author of: Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. University of Nebraska Press, 2018. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278677/ You can find my academic work at: http://www.academia.edu/ I also write and blog about current issues, from politics to foreign policy, military matters, identity, culture, race and privilege. You can find my most popular works in; Latino Rebels http://www.latinorebels.com/author/harryfranquirivera/ Centro Voices http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices/meet-the-authors/harry-franqui https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/harryfranquirivera-315 80 Grados http://www.80grados.net/author/harry-franqui-rivera/ Follow me @hfranqui
True American Faces: Trump’s Followers Do Not Represent America
Despite Trump’s Racist Campaign We Will Move This Country Forward
American Hubris and the Ill-Conceived Cuban Embargo
Vestiges of the Cold War: Obama’s Visit to Cuba and Neglecting Puerto Rico
No, Former Gov. Luis Fortuño Didn’t Falsify Lab Reports or Receive Kickback Money in the 1990s
Getting With the Times: Expanding the History Department’s Presence on Social Media
Student Soldiers: Puerto Rican Youth in High School Military Programs, review of Citizen, Students, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream By Gina M. Pérez
Current Veterans’ Issues in Puerto Rico: Conversation with Jose Olmos and George Ohan