Alaska y Hawái muestran por qué importan los términos de admisión
Alaska y Hawái ingresaron a la Unión en 1959 mediante leyes de admisión distintas. Sus trayectorias muestran que la estadidad requiere términos federales concretos e implementación, además de una consigna o un solo voto local.
What Alaska and Hawaii teach about admission terms
Alaska and Hawaii entered the Union in 1959 under distinct admission acts. Their histories show that statehood requires concrete federal terms and implementation, not a slogan or a single local vote.
Un proyecto de estadidad es una propuesta hasta que el Congreso actúe
La Constitución concede al Congreso la autoridad de admitir nuevos estados. Presentar un proyecto de estadidad no cambia por sí mismo el estatus de Puerto Rico.
A statehood bill is a proposal until Congress acts
The Constitution gives Congress authority to admit new states. Introducing a statehood bill does not itself change Puerto Rico’s status.
Debt and statehood: reading the record / Deuda y estadidad
Puerto Rico’s public debt deserves serious scrutiny. So does its political status.
Puerto Rico in the 119th Congress: seven proposals explained / Siete propuestas explicadas
Seven proposals already listed in our research center deserve more than a bill number. This bilingual guide explains the introduced texts and offers questions for congressional offices.
Start here: 20 Puerto Rico equality issues / 20 temas de igualdad
This directory brings all 20 issue topics together. Use it to find an article without searching through older blog pages.
Puerto Rico and Congress, 2021–2026: a historical news guide
Selected public events and reporting in Puerto Rico’s political-status debate, with links to public records and clear distinctions between proposals and law.
Digital equality means a connection people can actually use
A broadband agenda for Puerto Rico should be measured by what residents can do with a connection. Can a student complete an assignment, a worker attend an interview, or a family reach a public service without repeated interruption? A line on a coverage map cannot answer every question about daily experience.
Public safety and equal justice must advance together in Puerto Rico
Public safety and equal justice should reinforce each other. Communities deserve effective responses to violence, exploitation, and fraud, alongside transparent institutions and respect for individual rights.
Puerto Rico’s small businesses need a clear path from opportunity to growth
An equality agenda should make room for the entrepreneur opening a first business, the established employer seeking financing, and the local supplier trying to compete for a contract. Opportunity means little when the practical route to assistance is difficult to understand.
Disaster recovery should be measured in completed work and public trust
Disaster recovery is a sequence of decisions, not a single funding announcement. Communities need to know which projects have been approved, which are under construction, and which have actually restored a service or reduced a hazard.
Supporting Puerto Rico’s farmers means protecting land, water, and opportunity
Agriculture belongs in Puerto Rico’s long-term equality agenda. Farms are businesses, workplaces, and stewards of land. A policy discussion focused only on the food arriving at a store misses the producers and natural resources that make local production possible.
Reliable water service belongs at the center of Puerto Rico’s equality agenda
Reliable water service is fundamental to a functioning community. For Puerto Rico, the public conversation should connect drinking water, wastewater, maintenance, and emergency preparedness rather than treating each as an unrelated problem.
Puerto Rico’s students deserve an education agenda measured in opportunity
Puerto Rico’s education debate should begin with students: their ability to learn, complete a credential, and build a future in the communities they call home. A serious agenda must connect safe learning spaces with qualified educators, accessible services, and clear routes into college, technical training, and work.
Housing equality begins with a place families can afford to keep
A housing agenda for Puerto Rico should be judged by a practical question: can families obtain a safe home and remain there without sacrificing food, transportation, or essential care? Announcing a program is only the beginning. The public deserves to know who can apply, what documents are required, and what happens when an application stalls.
How to read Puerto Rico’s 2024 status vote
Understand Puerto Rico’s nonbinding 2024 status vote: ballot choices, certified totals, denominators, and the federal steps required for a status change.
Equal citizenship needs an equal voice in Washington
Representation is how people turn everyday concerns into federal priorities. A hospital funding decision, a disaster appropriation, or a veterans program can depend on votes cast in Washington. That is why Puerto Rico’s representation gap belongs in discussions about daily life, not only in constitutional debates.
Puerto Rico and federal taxes: replace the myth with the rules
The statement that Puerto Ricans pay no federal taxes is too broad to explain the law. A serious equality discussion should begin with the type of tax, the source of income, and the person’s residence.
Puerto Rico’s economic future should be measured in opportunity
Economic growth is meaningful when people can connect it to jobs, household security, and the ability to build a future in their communities. No single headline number can answer all of those questions.