Gentrification and Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Gentrification, the process of high-income people moving into traditionally low-income neighborhoods and fixing up the properties they buy,…
July 2025
Pro-Statehood Passions on Display on Barbosa’s Birthday
On Sunday, members of the New Progressive Party (NPP) convened at the Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery…
The Significance of the Puerto Rico Constitution
Puerto Rico, with input from the U.S. Congress, produced a constitution for the territory on July 25, 1952.…
When Congress Considered – and Rejected – a Path to U.S. Citizenship for Freely Associated States
At a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee in 2023, members of Congress discussed the threats to…
Puerto Rico’s Balanced Budget Bill
On June 25, 2025, Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon signed the first certified balanced budget bill since the PROMESA Financial…
Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Oversight Board and the Territory’s Future
The Subcommittee on Insular and Indian Affairs of the US. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources held…
Bad Bunny and Hawaii
Bad Bunny’s month-long residency in Puerto Rico is creating a tourism boom and bringing money to the Island…
House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Puerto Rico
The House Committee on Natural Resources has announced an oversight hearing on Wednesday, July 16 to examine “Puerto…
The Basque Independence Movement and Puerto Rico Reunification with Spain
Recent headlines have put the tiny Reunification with Spain movement in front of stateside news hounds again. Meanwhile,…
How Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impact Puerto Rico?
On July 4th, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a comprehensive tax and…
