Some are still dazed and confused by the “commonwealth” hoax. There have been 38 territories inhabited by American nationals and/or citizens with territorial governments organized under federal law.  Today… Read more »

Citizens Without A State tells the story of the states of the union and how they became states. What does this have to do with Puerto Rico? The book includes plenty… Read more »

We sometimes see comments in social media saying that Puerto Rico is too small to be a state. This is a completely false claim. How big does a state have… Read more »

In 1581, Ponce de Leon II took observations of an eclipse in San Juan and determined the latitude and longitude from his data. Puerto Rico is still providing scientists and engineers… Read more »

Why should you support statehood for Puerto Rico? Here are five good reasons. Statehood is a permanent status Right now, Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. That… Read more »