Puerto Rico and Massachusetts
Puerto Rico’s population is declining, but in Massachusetts the numbers are climbing. Just over 13% of residents of Massachusetts are Hispanic, according to Census Bureau… Read More »Puerto Rico and Massachusetts
Puerto Rico’s population is declining, but in Massachusetts the numbers are climbing. Just over 13% of residents of Massachusetts are Hispanic, according to Census Bureau… Read More »Puerto Rico and Massachusetts
At a press conference yesterday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) highlighted the recent passage of the Compacts of Free Association (COFAs).… Read More »Defense Department Praises Compacts for Securing US National Security Priorities
Last Saturday, after many months of delay, President Biden signed a law renewing U.S. Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) with three Pacific Island nations known… Read More »Will COFA Delays Have Consequences?
Puerto Rico voters have never voted for independence. When placed on a ballot, the independence option has never received much more than 5%of the vote. … Read More »The Ethics of Independence Advocacy
The appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives today includes a package of six smaller bills totaling about $460 billion. The bills in the… Read More »What’s in Congress’s New Funding Bill?
At a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing last week, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack stated that Puerto Rico’s integration in the… Read More »USDA Secretary: NAP to SNAP Transition “in the foreseeable future”
The Marshallese Educational Initiative gathered in Springdale, Arkansas, on March 1, 2024, the 70th anniversary of the detonation of Castle Bravo. This nuclear test, which… Read More »Nuclear Remembrance Day
Ever since the Puerto Rico Status Act (PRSA) was introduced in Congress, people have been trying to figure out what Free Association is. The PRSA,… Read More »Nuclear Legacy Week and the Freely Associated States
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who serves as Chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party,… Read More »Compacts of Free Association: Will the U.S. Fund Them?