Interactive Map: Explore the World with Issue 17 of the Common
April 15, 2019
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My Life as a Sardine
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My grandfather was the third governor of Puerto Rico and the founder of the Pro-Statehood Party. When I was little, he used to say it is better to be a big fish in a little pond than a sardine in the big blue sea. It was a reminder of how good we had it on our little island.
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