| |  |  | | | | Puerto Ricans Are Still Waiting for the Recognition Trump Will Never Give | | | Luisa Roque went to sleep with a roof over her head for the last time on a Tuesday in September nearly one year ago. The next morning, Hurricane Maria raged outside her home in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Luisa and her husband wept and screamed, and drank rum with anise to calm their nerves. Her asthma acted up. At one point, the aluminum roof flew off, wrenched from the frame of her home and landed God knows where among the debris. Luisa, a 50-year-old jewelry designer, waited nine months for a new roof, making do with tarps and scavenged aluminum. After nine months of applying for FEMA aid, getting denied FEMA aid, getting rejected for full coverage by her insurance company, and finally accepting a partial loan from the Small Business Association, she got it: concrete this time. It was hurricane-proof, if seven months too late. Her mother had died under the makeshift roof in November, her body giving out when there wasn't electricity to keep her breathing machine plugged in or a solid structure above her head to give her peace of mind. On the day Luisa's mother joined the death toll, President Trump was on Twitter calling LaVar Ball an "ungrateful fool" because he refused to thank Trump for getting his son out of Chinese jail after being arrested for shoplifting. When Luisa got her roof, we were locked into other scandals, as immigrant children were forcibly separated from their parents at the border, and Trump praised the leadership qualities of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. As the Trump administration pinballs between crises of its own making, it has barely acknowledged that an entire island of United States citizens are doing very badly from a disaster it had no hand in creating. We've almost hit the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, and some Puerto Ricans find it difficult to access healthcare. Conditions like diabetes, which we consider low-risk, have turned dangerous. Many Puerto Ricans—a lot more than were first officially reported—have died. Almost all are waiting, either for the government to do its job, or for another hurricane to start brewing in the Atlantic. READ MORE | | | | |  |
| | | | | Noah Centineo Is Too Good To Be True, Right? | | | | There aren't a ton of Noah Centineos left in the world, which is why we love him so much in movies. But if we run into one in the wild, we scoff at him because he's naïve or idealistic or distracted. But the day I first saw Noah Centineo lounging behind the rest of the entourage, rushing to get him to his next shoot, he wasn't distracted. It was another moment that needed to be taken in, slowly. Because these moments don't happen to everyone, and even when they do happen, they're so infrequent. As we get off the phone, he says, "It's a pretty f***ing blessed life, man. I can't wrap my head around it. I'm grateful." And the crazy part? I believe he means it. Read On | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sane Advice for Crazy Times: Esquire's 85th Anniversary Issue | | | | You probably noticed that our cover doesn't look like the other ones on newsstands this month. For our 85th anniversary issue, we asked artist Ed Steed to imagine one that brought to life this issue's theme: "Sane Advice for Crazy Times." Each one of the 85 clay figures he created is just as hard to categorize as our difficult, breakneck-pace moment in time. As for the story? We can't pinpoint the exact moment or event, but at some point in the last year, life itself seems to have somersaulted into some very strange territory. To help you sort it all out, we turned to a grand gathering of individuals who share lessons from their extraordinary lives. Read On | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Trump's Double Secret Inner Circle | | | | Graydon Carter—journalist, restaurateur, producer, media entrepreneur, and longtime Trump antagonist—returns to magazines with this illustrated (and satirical) look at the president's more shadowy cabinet members. Read On | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Badass Boots That You Can Wear Forever | | | | The right boots transcend time, trends, and places. Getting a solid pair that will last you a long time makes your wardrobe feel like it has a foundation to stand on. And Doc Martens has been providing boots like that for quite some time. At less than $150, you can't go wrong with a classic lace-up combat boot in the most versatile color possible: a sleek, monotone black. Docs' 1460 Mono is a boot that goes beyond what any other old shoe in your closet can. Here's why you should invest in a pair. Read On | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mexico City's Coolest Style Subculture Embraces Everyone—as Long As You're Wearing Black | | | | In a city of 25 million, punk, goth, and all manner of alternative subcultures combine into one scene. The group is comprised of a diverse cabal of individuals who funnel into and fracture along even more specific musical genres. But, generally, they're called darks here—and unlike in other cities where marginal differences in style or sound can create real social divisions, the darks are surprisingly inclusive, taking all comers (provided they're suitably alternative). Read On | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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