Posts Categorized: Statehood

The House Committee on Natural Resources will be considering two bills on Puerto Rico  status. This is not by any means the first time Congress has considered. However, for more… Read more »

Slavery was an issue in the statehood struggles of many U.S. territories. But even after the Civil War settled the slavery question, race was an issue in the admission of… Read more »

There are arguments against statehood and we have heard them all. Some of them are worse than others. Some of them, in fact, are classic logical fallacies. The arguments for… Read more »

In the 1750s and 1760s, there was a political slogan popular in America: “No taxation without representation.” Americans at that time were British citizens. They paid taxes to England, but… Read more »

Congress makes all official decisions about Puerto Rico. By law, Congress is allowed to treat Puerto Rico differently from the states, and that usually means giving more to states than… Read more »