Statehood is the preferred political status option among Puerto Rico voters. Yet even though statehood is the most direct and secure path to equal rights,… Read More »The Debate: Does Statehood Mean Assimilation?
For many decades, as Congress has considered how to end Puerto Rico’s impermanent status as a United States territory, one question has remained as a… Read More »A Page From History: CRS Says No Constitutional Protection of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizenship
Efforts toward reshoring — that is, bringing manufacturing back to the United States — has been a national policy priority for a decade now, and… Read More »Reshoring to Puerto Rico
On March 1, President Donald Trump signed an order designating English as “the official language of the United States.” The executive order does not exempt… Read More »English as “the official language” of Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump continues to talk about making Canada the 51st state, but a new poll of American adults shows that Canada is not the… Read More »Poll Shows Americans Choose Puerto Rico as the 51st State
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) died after a battle with cancer on March 13, 2025, at the age of 77. Grijalva was a member of Congress… Read More »Remembering Rep. Raul Grijalva
Over the years, proponents of Puerto Rico’s “commonwealth” relationship with the United States have proposed a range of “developed,” “enhanced,” or “perfected” versions of this… Read More »Puerto Rico and Federal Laws
President Donald Trump continues to talk about annexing Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal. We are beginning to see polling data on how the residents… Read More »U.S. Polling Data and the Territories
Today is Puerto Rico Citizenship Day. It was March 2, 1917 that Congress gave statutory U.S. citizenship to anyone born in Puerto Rico. Citizenship Day… Read More »Puerto Rico Citizenship Day
