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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The voters of Puerto Rico chose statehood on Election Day. But after years of partisan bickering and skepticism, it remains unclear if this latest referendum will actually get results, or if Florid… ...

With its main competition off the menu, the statehood option won 56.9% of the vote.. While Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party (PNP) declared victory, much of the island saw the result as a sham.

Leaders of the Puerto Rican diaspora in Florida reacted to a new proposal seeking statehood for the U.S. territory. The new legislation was introduced Tuesday by Florida Rep. Darren Soto and ...

A Puerto Rican is poised to be elected to lead LULAC, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights group started by Mexican Americans and back statehood for Puerto Rico.

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.