97% Vote for Statehood
Puerto Rico has chosen to become the 51st State of the Union. Statehood won yesterday’s plebiscite by a landslide: 97% of votes cast favored statehood.… Read More »97% Vote for Statehood
Puerto Rico has chosen to become the 51st State of the Union. Statehood won yesterday’s plebiscite by a landslide: 97% of votes cast favored statehood.… Read More »97% Vote for Statehood
Puerto Rico’s plebiscite is on Congress’s radar screen based on the comments of several members in recent days, who are urging strong participation in today’s… Read More »U.S. Congress Shows Bipartisan Support for Puerto Rico Status Vote
Sana Saeed of AJ+ has posted a “six minute history of the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States. At the conclusion of the… Read More »AJ+ Takes a Six Minute Look at the Relationship Between Puerto Rico and the U.S.
As the June 11 plebiscite draws near, press and social media coverage of Puerto Rico’s status have increased. One recent blog post on the topic… Read More »Blogger Takes on Arguments against Statehood
With the 2017 status referendum vote just days away, statehood is expected to win in spite of calls for a boycott. If statehood is once… Read More »Gov. Rossello’s New Path Forward
Two new polls on Puerto Rico status are being conducted in the run up to the 2017 referendum. The Tylt, a website that gives readers… Read More »New Polls on Puerto Rico Status
In 1980, the Supreme Court famously said that Congress may treat Puerto Rico differently from states as long as there is a rational basis… Read More »Inequality in Puerto Rico
The ballot for the June 11th status referendum in Puerto Rico originally informed voters that future U.S. citizenship was guaranteed only under statehood. The Department… Read More »How to Guarantee U.S. Citizenship after the Plebiscite
The 60th national Puerto Rican Day Parade is scheduled for June 11th, the same day as the status referendum vote in Puerto Rico. The parade… Read More »Oscar Lopez Parade Controversy