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 ...

“Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico” features stories written by graphic novelist Edgardo ... Rainforest holding the Puerto Rican flag, dancing to the traditional dance ...

On the origin story of the graphic novel ... Albizu Campos did in Puerto Rico. I see this as an evolution of the thread that Mariana Bracetti used to create the first flag of El Grito del Lares.

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 ...

this year’s Miss Puerto Rico of Greater New Haven, Alanna Herbert, stepped to the microphone and filled the Green with her voice as she sang the national anthem. Behind her was the Puerto Rican flag, ...

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 ...