Mitch McConnell is terrified Kamala Harris will enact policies that end up kneecapping the Republican Party.

Why the independence movement, not statehood, is the future of the island’s liberation

The House of Representatives voted to let Puerto Rico hold a binding referendum on whether to gain independence or become the 51st U.S. state.

Hurricane Fiona hit the island as only a Category 1 storm. But thanks to bad management, the electrical grid immediately collapsed.

A new bill in the House would let Puerto Ricans choose between statehood, independence, or free association, but the island’s status will remain in limbo unless Congress faces a ticking clock.

For years, the force of antitrust laws has been used to deny independent contractors their labor rights. Thanks to a Boston appeals court’s ruling, that could all change.

The justice’s recent opinion takes a strong stance against the shameful way the United States has ruled over the territory.

Officials from the island territory contend that Congress overstepped its bounds by ending the sport.

The debate over the territory’s status isn’t just dividing Washington. It’s dividing the island’s residents, too.

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.

After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Glorynel Ojeda Matos moved her family to Arizona and began a Ph.D. in sustainability studies.

Voters in the District and Puerto Rico deserve representation, and the party’s ambitions just might depend on it.

Prepa, the island’s electric power company, and FEMA have found themselves embroiled in scandal before.

Ignored both by Congress and their own governor, they're now demanding to be heard.

In this jungle community, self-sustaining homes are built from trash and can withstand the deadliest storms.

A new book traces the struggle over democracy, rights, race, and gender in Puerto Rico.

Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?

A historic storm is passing over a remote U.S. territory with thousands of American citizens. Sound familiar?

Hurricane Florence and Super Typhoon Mangkhut laid bare the disproportionate consequences for poor communities.