Human Rights Day

December 10 is Human Rights Day. It commemorates the signing of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity… Read more »

One Size Doesn’t Fit All Territories

“Equally American” lobbyist Neal Weare bemoaned the fact that he could not raise funds for his non-profit to pay his own salary, because his “charity” was not treated as a… Read more »

Puerto Rico Born President in 2020?

PR51st received a suggestion in an email. “Please announce that you are running for President in 2020,” a reader wrote. “Your candidacy would highlight the unfairness of Puerto Rico not… Read more »

George H.W. Bush on Puerto Rico

George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, died November 30, 2018, at the age of 94. He will lie in state at the US Capitol and… Read more »

Carmelo Anthony Going to Puerto Rico?

Basketball player Carmelo Anthony was born in Manhattan, but Puerto Rico’s “national” basketball team is trying to recruit him since he cut ties with the Houston Rockets. Anthony is proud… Read more »