The Gainesville Sun published an article called “Editorial: Should Puerto Rico Get Statehood?” Surprisingly, there is no answer to that question included in the editorial.… Read More »Should Puerto Rico Get Statehood?
The Government of Puerto Rico lost $235 million in U.S. Government appropriations for the territory’s Medicaid program September 30th. It could lose another $40 million… Read More »Up to $275 Million in U.S. Medicaid Funding Unclaimed
Comic strips have a history of activism, and Puerto Rico has added to that history with a superhero called La Borinqueña. Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, the creator… Read More »La Borinqueña Inspires the “Ricanstruction” of Puerto Rico
In the course of U.S. history, thirty-two territories have transitioned to become States of the Union, and it is easy to forget that all of… Read More »The Economics of Statehood
The first official U.S. military battalion in Puerto Rico was established in 1899. The Battalion of Puerto Rico Volunteers provided local security and was brought… Read More »Puerto Rico on Veteran’s Day
Although Google is best known for its search engine, it also provides a growing platform for the public to access the world’s most impressive masterpieces… Read More »Puerto Rico’s Art Treasures Now Accessible Online
Since 2006, retail stores selling cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine have been required to ask for ID from customers buying these medications. Recently, an employee at… Read More »Ignorance about Puerto Rico Is Still a Problem
A new Equis poll of 600 registered voters of Puerto Rican heritage in Florida shows that these voters support statehood, according to the Miami Herald.… Read More »Majority of Florida’s Puerto Rican Voters Support Statehood
Reps. Donna Shalala (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR), and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) have introduced a proposal to help people in Puerto Rico cover… Read More »Puerto Ricans to Receive Medicare Prescription Drug Subsidies under Congressional Proposal
