Puerto Rico has had several plebiscites voting on the status of the Island in relationship to the United States. Sometimes the idea of “enhanced commonwealth” has won the vote, and… Read more »

On April 10 the website CNN.com ran an editorial by two history professors from USC supporting a lawsuit by five individuals from American Samoa, asking the federal courts to change… Read more »

So far, 91 members of Congress have sponsored or cosponsored H.R. 727, the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Process Act. The bill provides for a vote in Puerto Rico on one… Read more »

One of the misunderstandings many people have about Statehood for Puerto Rico is that it will take away the special deal Puerto Rico has with the U.S. In fact, Puerto… Read more »

Puerto Rico’s contributions to the U.S. begin with the thousands of Puerto Ricans who have fought for the United States in every conflict since World War I, and with the… Read more »