Angie Nixon,  a Florida Democratic candidate for a Senate seat, has two political stats coming to Kissimmee to campaign for her. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) will ...

On August 31, 2026, the Senate of Puerto Rico approved a Puerto Rico House Resolution “To commemorate the 250 th Anniversary ...

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) spoke up for Puerto Rico statehood in the context of his focus on voting rights for all ...

The United States is a sovereign nation: it has power over its laws and decisions. The U.S. Constitution is the law of the ...

Nutrition assistance inequity can lead to a benefit cliff in Puerto Rico. The numbers push Puerto Ricans into the shadow ...

There is no single path to statehood. Would-be states have varied widely in their paths in pursuing statehood, the amount of time it took to achieve statehood, and the level of public support for ...

Sugar was new to Europe in the 1500s. It quickly became hugely popular and profitable, and Puerto Rico was in the center of the action. Spain brought sugarcane from what is now the Dominican Republic ...

The Biden-Harris Administration released a comprehensive overview today of its economic accomplishments over the last four years with respect to Puerto Rico. “Four years ago, Puerto Rico could not ...

Recent estimates say that there are about 5.8 million Puerto Ricans living in the States, compared with 3.2 million on the Island. Puerto Ricans are not evenly distributed across the nation, however.

Puerto Rico’s population has been shrinking for about two decades. In recent years, the pace of population loss has slowed. The chart above shows that Puerto Rico’s population growth in 2024 was ...

The results of the election in Puerto Rico are now in, with changes in both island-wide elected positions and statehood once again emerging as the top choice among voters as an alternative to Puerto ...