If U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans is no longer secure, then neither is the colonial arrangement that produced it.

Puerto Rico's then-governor Ricardo Rosselló speaks as other members of the Puerto Rico Statehood Commission delegation listen during a press conference on Capitol Hill on January 10, 2018 in ...

Bad Bunny is performing a series of 30 concerts that fans say are meant to galvanize Puerto Rico’s unique sense of pride and ...

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act seeks to establish "a framework for admission, including a presidential proclamation upon its passage, a ratification vote, the election of U.S. senators ...

This is far from the first time the question of statehood has been posed to the Puerto Rican people, and it hasn’t always been so popular. Votes were held in 1967, 1991,1993, 1998 and 2012.

And Puerto Rican voters by a majority of 52.52% voted yes," Soto said during a press conference to introduce the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act. "We hear pleas of equality from our fellow ...

After yet another pro-statehood vote by the people of Puerto Rico, and strong Latino political support for Donald Trump, the cause of making Puerto Rico the 51st state should take on renewed urgency.

Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since 1898. In 1952, the island's governor at the time, Luis Muñoz Marín, proclaimed the establishment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the idea that ...

Jose Fuentes, chairman of the Washington-based Puerto Rico Statehood Council, said now is the time for Congress to put Puerto Rico “on the road to statehood” by bringing its tax, education and ...

Bermúdez Zimmerman, who attended college in Puerto Rico, said she supports the idea of statehood, if that’s what the people of the island want. The referendum, held in November, showed a narrow ...

Importantly, statehood for Puerto Rico doesn’t need to be coupled with D.C. statehood – a point of apprehension for some Republicans who view the issues as inseparable.

After yet another pro-statehood vote by the people of Puerto Rico, and strong Latino political support for Donald Trump, the cause of making Puerto Rico the 51st state should take on renewed urgency.