History

Five percent of New Jersey’s population is of Puerto Rican heritage — that’s about 462,995 people. Puerto Ricans are the largest group within New Jersey’s… Read More »Puerto Rico and New Jersey

New York has a long history of connection with Puerto Rico, and was until recently the state with the largest Puerto Rican population. Roughly 5%… Read More »Puerto Rico and New York

Every territory that became a state had anti-statehood factions and arguments against statehood before it was admitted. Idaho faced some of the same problems on… Read More »Arguments against Statehood for Idaho: A Page from History

Puerto Rico’s population is declining, but in Massachusetts the numbers are climbing. Just over 13% of residents of Massachusetts are Hispanic, according to Census Bureau… Read More »Puerto Rico and Massachusetts

The Marshallese Educational Initiative gathered in Springdale, Arkansas, on March 1, 2024, the 70th anniversary of the detonation of Castle Bravo. This nuclear test, which… Read More »Nuclear Remembrance Day

Ever since the Puerto Rico Status Act (PRSA) was introduced in Congress, people have been trying to figure out what Free Association is. The PRSA,… Read More »Nuclear Legacy Week and the Freely Associated States

California joined the Union on September 9, 1850, during the Gold Rush. The land had just been separated from Mexico, and people across the country… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments about California