When Hawaii was a territory, the residents couldn’t vote in presidential elections, even though they were affected by the actions of the president. One of… Read More »How Puerto Rico’s Status Affects U.S. Elections
In San Juan in 1934, the Senate and House of Representatives of Puerto Rico passed a concurrent resolution petitioning the Federal government for statehood. The… Read More »A Page from History: 1934 Concurrent Resolution for Statehood
Thirty two of the fifty current states used to be territories. All of them faced anti-statehood arguments from their own residents and from Congress. Anti-statehood… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments against Nevada
Thirty-two U.S. territories ultimately became states. All of them had to struggle for statehood. Mississippi met objections from Congress mostly on the basis of its… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments against Mississippi
Every territory had to fight for statehood, and anti-statehood arguments against Washington State may sound familiar. Washington Territory started its struggle for statehood in 1850,… Read More »Anti-Statehood Arguments against Washington State
For more than a hundred years, the Insular Cases, a series of Supreme Court decisions from the early 1900s, have kept Puerto Rico’s residents from… Read More »Pauli Murray: Eventual Success in the Pursuit of Equality
Most residents of Puerto Rico do not pay federal income tax and are not required to file for federal income taxes. For families with kids… Read More »How to Get the Child Tax Credit in Puerto Rico
A group of current and former elected officials and judges from U.S. territories has submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief to the… Read More »Officials from U.S. Territories Weigh in on Birthright Citizenship
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) resolutions committee approved a measure on April 9 calling for immediate congressional action on Puerto Rico’s political status and the… Read More »DNC Calls for the Resolution of Puerto Rico’s Political Status
