After more than four centuries within the Spanish world, the island came under the sovereignty […]
Puerto Rico Is Not Hawaii: Why the Comparison Gets History Wrong
Whenever the future of Puerto Rico comes up, particularly in conversations about political status, one […]
America’s Oldest, First, and Biggest… Are in Puerto Rico
Ask someone to name America’s oldest city and you’ll probably hear St. Augustine. Ask about […]
Puerto Ricans in the NFL: From Borinquen to the Gridiron
Puerto Rico is usually associated with baseball, boxing, basketball, and an extraordinary tradition of athletes […]
10 Ways Puerto Rico Helped Change the World
Puerto Rico is a small island. Its influence is anything but small. Across different periods […]
Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico: History, Power, Food and an Unfinished American Relationship
Washington D.C. is not an enormous city. But somehow, it feels enormous. Maybe it is […]
Top 10 Amazing Things from a Very Small Island — Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is small. Roughly 100 miles long and about 35 miles wide, it occupies […]
What If the United States Acquires Greenland? What Would It Mean for Puerto Rico?
Greenland is suddenly at the center of a much bigger conversation. The United States wants […]
Puerto Rico Highway 22: The Road That Explains How the Island Moves
There are roads you take because they are beautiful, roads you take because they are […]
Río Piedras: A City That Waits — History, Food, Ideas and Memory
Río Piedras is one of those places in Puerto Rico that almost everyone knows, thousands […]

