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The Supreme Court Case That Lays Bare Puerto Ricans’ “Second-Class Citizenship” Why are residents of the island commonwealth denied certain federal benefits that are given to U.S. citizens nearly everywhere else? The justices have decided to take up that question. RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP/Getty Images In 2013, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero moved back to Puerto Rico. He had lived and worked in New York since 1985. His wife had already moved back to the island for medical reasons; now he would join her there to help take care of her. By then, he had developed health problems as well. And so, like m...

In the face of congressional inaction, it is time for the states to lead on citizen equality and make America a “more perfect union.” One way states can...

© Bonnie Cash Last month we inaugurated the 46th president and the 49th vice president of the United States — Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris There is, however, still a very troubling reality that continuously exist for the 4 million Americans who live in U.S. territories — second-class citizenship and the lack of the right to vote for the U.S. president. Deeply rooted in the fabric of the stilted development of territories like my home, the U.S. Virgin Islands, are a series of decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court between 1901 and 1905, known as the Insular Cases. Those cases (written...

Florida should support statehood for Puerto Rico | Column “Brazen partisanship stands in the way and threatens to deny equality to the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico,” writes attorney Jose Cabrera   Published Dec. 17, 2020 The U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico demanded statehood on Election Day, a message that resonates with over 1.2 million Puerto Ricans living in Florida. Facing a yes-or-no vote on statehood, an absolute majority of 52 percent voted “Yes”. Attorney José A. Cabrera, a U.S. Army veteran, is chair of the Puerto Rico Star Project, a nonprofit organization tha...

Puerto Rico wants statehood '" but only Congress can make it the 51st state in the United States     Updated 12/14/2020 9:00 AM (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, Indiana University   (THE CONVERSATION) Puerto Ricans requested statehood on Nov. 3, 2020, with 52.3% of voters asking to change the island's status from unincorporated territory to U.S. state. This is the sixth time statehood has been on the ballot since Puerto Rico ratified its Constitutio...