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
Just as native speakers of English in Jamaica, Australia, South Africa, and the United States will have differences in their pronunciations, slang expressions, and even… Read More »Puerto Rican Spanish
Today is Puerto Rico Citizenship Day. It was March 2, 1917 that Congress extended U.S. citizenship to anyone born in Puerto Rico. Citizenship Day is… Read More »Puerto Rico Citizenship Day
While some leaders have said outright that Puerto Rico should ignore the question of status for now, others argue that Puerto Rico’s political status continues… Read More »What Are the Options for Puerto Rico’s Political Status, Again?
President Ronald Reagan ran for office with the slogan “Make America Great Again,” but President Trump may have more in common with President Theodore Roosevelt… Read More »Teddy Roosevelt, American Imperialism, and Puerto Rico
Discussions about Puerto Rico’s political status include both U.S. statehood and independence as possible future options, along with varying takes on the current territory status.… Read More »A Page from History: Justice Department Rejects U.S. Citizenship in a Sovereign Puerto Rico
