Felicitas Mendez moved with her family from Puerto Rico to live in the states when she was a child. As an adult, she lived in… Read More »Felicitas Mendez, Puerto Rican Civil Rights Activist, Honored by Google
José Andrés, an award-winning chef, became one of the heroes of Hurricane Maria when he and his crew fed 100,000 people a day in more… Read More »José Andrés Supports Puerto Rico Statehood
Jennifer Lopez, a performing artist of Puerto Rican heritage, brought excitement to the Super Bowl Halftime Show with a performance of “Born in the USA”… Read More »JLo Rocks Super Bowl Halftime with “Born in the USA”
On a recent episode of the Colbert Show, Lin-Manueal Miranda, creator of Broadway phenomenon Hamilton, explained that founding father Alexander Hamilton ended up in the… Read More »Lin-Manuel Miranda “Closing Hamilton’s Loop”
Google’s Doodle today celebrates a hero from Puerto Rico. On Newsy’s documentary about Puerto Rico, Resilience, one speaker laments that Americans in general “don’t know… Read More »Google Honors Roberto Clemente
On Dec. 31, 1972, Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash as he was traveling to Nicaragua. The 38 year old baseball giant was delivering… Read More »Roberto Clemente’s Home Considered for National Register of Historic Places
John Oliver has already contributed towards the education of Americans in understanding basic facts about their fellow U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico, including their lack of voting… Read More »John Oliver Explains Puerto Rico’s Debt with Special Guest Hamilton Star Lin-Manuel Miranda
A blog post entitled “The Perfect Human is Puerto Rican” in the normally staid blog, “Bits of DNA,” which provides “Reviews and Commentary on Computational Biology,” has… Read More »The ‘Perfect Human’ Is a Puerto Rican Woman
Puerto Rico is proud of Tommy Ramos, a Bayamon-born gymnast who has qualified for the Olympic men’s gymnastics rings final to be held on August… Read More »Tommy Ramos and the Olympic Games
