According to Discover Puerto Rico, the island recorded a 25% increase in hotel occupancy in the first quarter of 2025 and an 11% growth in lodging revenue, compared to the same period last year.

Puerto Rican residents are U.S. citizens who can’t vote for president. Their island is neither a state nor a nation. Its history is full of ambiguities.

On its 125th anniversary, experts explain why the US took control of Puerto Rico, why the island is not a state and what might be next.

Puerto Rico is one of the most educationally impoverished regions, with academic outcomes well below the mainland. On the math portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, a ...

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1954: Carlos Alberto Nieves Rivera was unemployed, out of luck, and out of money. Eighteen years old, his only sources of income were odd landscaping and construction jobs for ...

This November, the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico will go to the polls, just like their fellow U.S. citizens. But unlike their fellow citizens, they will not be able to vote for Senators or ...

On its 125th anniversary, experts explain why the US took control of Puerto Rico, why the island is not a state and what might be next.