If U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans is no longer secure, then neither is the colonial arrangement that produced it.

Today Puerto Rico: CJ Boasts a per capita income of $443 (v. $742 for West Germany, $2,009 for the U.S.), which is surpassed in Latin America only by oil-rich Venezuela. ¶ Costs the U.S. Treasury ...

At that time, I wondered if Puerto Rico was entering its own special period, like Cuba’s era of post-Soviet scarcity, marked by blackouts, food shortages and economic collapse.

In a crossover between academia and pop culture, the Puerto Rican megastar has blessed the book "Puerto Rico: A National History" by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo — essential reading in Philly and beyond.