The Ethics of Independence Advocacy
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
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
Studying colonialism in the United States can be a challenge. In elementary schools, the focus often is on the colonial history of the 13 original… Read More »For Educators — Studying Colonialism in the U.S. Today
Most of the countries in the world today have a colonial past: they were colonies of another nation, or owned colonies, or both. The traditional… Read More »For Educators — Understanding Colonialism: The Effects of Colonization
On October 17, 2022, the Supreme Court denied cert in the case of Fitisemanu v. United States, bringing an end to litigation that sought to… Read More »A Page from History: Fitisemanu’s Implications on U.S. Citizenship in Puerto Rico and other Territories
In 2000, President Bill Clinton established the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status. The Task Force would ultimately go on to release three reports,… Read More »A Page from History: What the White House Says About U.S. Citizenship in a New Nation of Puerto Rico
U.S. classrooms studying colonialism often focus on the colonial heritage of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. Sometimes the colonialism of the… Read More »For Educators – Colonialism in the U.S. Today
When one country aggressively sends settlers who take possession of another – usually distant – area, it becomes a colony. Puerto Rico is an example.… Read More »For Educators – Understanding Colonialism: What’s a Colony?
The first known inhabitants of the land that is now Puerto Rico were the Taino, an Arawak group which migrated from the Amazon basin in… Read More »The Taino of Puerto Rico
The United States is made up of states and territories. Our nation has treaties with other nations and relationships, official and unofficial, all over the… Read More »For Educators: What Are the Freely Associated States?