Also, why do we keep seeing a black Puerto Rican flag? Protests erupted nearly two weeks ago amid demands for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Frustration grew after 2017's ...

The First Flag: Starting in 1493, the Spanish empire controlled Puerto Rico for more than 400 years, a violent period marked by the genocide of the indigenous Taíno people and the importation of ...

And that motivated me even more,” Collazo said as he recalled how his flag-painting project began. The title for the project was easy because Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities. But the reason ...

What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? Flag Day food for thought. June 14, 2013— -- intro: As holidays go, Flag Day doesn't get much respect. It doesn't get the fireworks of July 4 or the ...

WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) -- Puerto Ricans took to the polls Sunday and the vote almost unanimously was in favor of statehood. Although less than a quarter of the island voted, 97 percent of those ...

A woman waves the flag of Puerto Rico during a news conference on Puerto Rican statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. A TikTok video claims that in Florida displaying ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Just past 2:00 a.m. on July 4, 2016, four women arrived in front of a rustic ...

But the reality is far more complicated. A woman waves the Puerto Rico flag on Capitol Hill. For one thing, the bill isn’t likely to move forward anytime soon. There is no sign the Senate will ...