Puerto Rico voters chose statehood in status votes held in 2012, 2017, 2020, and 2024 — every status vote in this century. Yet we continue to see claims that independence is gaining support and even ...

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 ...

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

The United States is a sovereign nation: it has power over its laws and decisions. The U.S. Constitution is the law of the land, and the government of the nation is created by people who vote for ...

On August 31, 2026, the Senate of Puerto Rico approved a Puerto Rico House Resolution “To commemorate the 250 th Anniversary of the United States of America and to petition the President and the ...

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) launched his tenure in the U.S. Senate in 2020 with a passion for the expanding U.S. democracy. This theme was recently picked up in conservative press and it is one ...

Miss America 1951 would not agree to pose in a swimsuit designed by Catalina Swimwear. Yolande Betbez, Miss Alabama, considered the Miss America contest a serious scholarship opportunity and felt that ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (WRDA), legislation that includes 11 provisions to address the Puerto Rico water crisis, strengthen critical ...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) held its summer meeting in Austin, Texas, August 13-15. Of the many decisions finalized at the meeting, one is particularly relevant to Puerto Rico: the ...

American blue jeans are ubiquitous through most of the world. Coca-Cola is popular in every nation except for Cuba and North Korea. Music from the United States can be heard anywhere in the world, ...

Attorney General Todd Blanche visited Puerto Rico this week, meeting with Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon and holding a press conference on a Homeland Security Task Force campaign to reduce violent ...

Florida fielded almost two dozen candidates of Puerto Rican heritage in the 2026 primary season — but who’s counting? El Nuevo Dia is. The Puerto Rican news organization found 20 candidates, mostly in ...