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 ...

Topline. A bipartisan group of legislators has signed on to sponsor the 2021 Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act, which has been formally introduced to set up a pathway for the U.S. island to ...

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… ...

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.