Typical to many islands, Puerto Rico has a waste management problem. Typical to the social-political discourse in our country, the U.S. has a media problem. In an effort to salvage some credibility ...

Team Puerto Rico’s insurance woes have reared their ugly head once again at the World Baseball Classic despite Bad Bunny’s best efforts to solve the issue. But for a fleeting moment, it appeared as ...

Puerto Rico was struggling long before Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017. The Puerto Rican government had been looking for potential solutions toward economic recovery, and it ...

It has been 50 years since a U.S. President traveled to Puerto Rico, and that’s indicative of how little Washington ponders America’s Caribbean island commonwealth. Only rarely, like the controversy ...

The US territory gives pharmaceutical companies big tax breaks that could otherwise be invested in its communities, where the revenue is deeply needed. Puerto Rico teachers protest for a better salary ...

When Bad Bunny used one of the biggest stages in the world at the Super Bowl to call attention to Puerto Rico’s continuing blackouts, it wasn’t a stunt. It was a reality check. For millions of Puerto ...

On New Year’s Eve, when a major blackout hit the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and left nearly the entire island without power, Connecticut residents with ties to the island were ready to host ...

Although her solar panels successfully sustained Hurricane María’s winds, Madeline Batista couldn’t turn on her lights, her refrigerator or other appliances that needed electricity. The photovoltaic ...

Last year, Nicolas Maduro called for the “liberation” of Puerto Rico, implying his intent to invade the island and signaling its importance on the global stage. Maduro — an illegitimate president ...

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló argued Saturday that residents of the US territory are treated like “second-class citizens” and said “we need to solve the century-old problem of colonialism in ...