KISSIMMEE, Florida — Earlier this week, headlines swept across major news outlets about the debate over D.C. statehood. Congress had a hearing with advocates claiming the District of Columbia is as ...

Puerto Rico's political future is never far from the minds of its citizens and in recent months, its political status has, once again, been the subject of debate. Puerto Rico (the "Island") is a ...

Two weeks ago, at President-elect Donald Trump’s now infamous campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony ...

As more than 1 million Puerto Ricans return to Fifth Ave. on Sunday for the pageantry and pride of their annual parade, their beloved homeland could soon face a grave choice about its future ...

Every March 22, Puerto Rico commemorates Emancipation Day, a historical milestone that marks the abolition of slavery on the island. Meanwhile, the topic of statehood continues to be rooted in a ...

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act would require a vote by Congress. There are more Puerto Ricans in Florida than in any state – more than New York. The trend has been increasing in recent years ...

Puerto Rican members of the country’s oldest Latino civil rights organization are rapidly growing their ranks to potentially tilt the group’s coming elections and escalate its lobbying for statehood.

Experts doubt that much, if anything, will change. — -- Puerto Rico's political status as a commonwealth and an unincorporated territory of the United States is unlikely to change anytime soon, ...