Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have announced a new league: the Puerto Rico Summer League. MLB.com quotes executive director of… Read More »A New Chapter in Puerto Rico’s Baseball Story
It’s called the Transit Zone: a 6,000,000+ square mile area with two primary paths. One goes through Mexico and the southwestern U.S., and the other… Read More »The U.S. Coast Guard in Puerto Rico
A forthcoming article by Willie Santana in the Spring 2014 issue of the Tennessee Journal of Law & Policy examines Puerto Rico’s relationship with the… Read More »Tennessee Law Journal Analyzes Puerto Rico’s Territorial Status
The language question is one that has often arisen in the Puerto Rico statehood debate. Puerto Rico now has two official languages: English and Spanish.… Read More »Puerto Rico, Statehood and Court Interpreters
“American rule has not yet made our new colonies as perfect as some people would have us believe,” begins an article in the Sacred Heart… Read More »A Page from History: Imperfect Colony in 1903
At the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Oversight Hearing on Wednesday, June 11, before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Pierluisi asked FBI Director James… Read More »Pierluisi Shares Puerto Rico’s Narrative of Violence
On June 10th, 2014, President Obama will sign the bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Regiment, the Borinqueneers. The Borinqueneers Congressional Gold… Read More »Borinqueneers Welcomed at White House
Mujeres Talk is a project of Ohio State Universities, with an all-volunteer editorial board devoted to creating a space for Chicana, Native American, and Latina… Read More »Colonia or Colony?
On Tuesday, June 10th, President Obama will sign into law a bill to award the Borinqueneers the Congressional Gold Medal. The news came in a… Read More »A Congressional Gold Medal for the Borinqueneers: A Team Effort
