Category: Context of islands
#TBT: March 13, 2025
On March 13, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez announced that the territory reported its...
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Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history
By Daniel J. Olson, Purdue University English should be the official language of the United...
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#TBT: February 13, 2025
On February 25, 1927, the United States Congress passed S 2770, an act to confer United States...
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#TBT: February 6, 2025
On February 6, 1899, the United States Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending the...
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#TBT: January 30, 2025
On January 9, 1978, a new government and constitution came into effect in part in the Northern...
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#TBT: January 23, 2025
The Poyer School, named after the longest-serving governor of American Samoa, was built on January...
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Stranded by status: The lack of territorial parity in the news
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in the Stranded by Status series, which hopes to...
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Stranded by status: Plaskett’s call for equal voting rights
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in the Stranded by Status series, which hopes to shed...
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2024 for the United States territories, in context
In 2024, elections dominated the narrative across the United States unincorporated territories....
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Looking ahead to the context of islands in 2025
DONATE If you’re like us at Pasquines, your thoughts have started to drift to next week’s calendar...
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#TBT: December 19, 2024
To honor the US Virgin Islands flag, Act No. 8251 was passed by the Legislature of the USVI on...
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#TBT: December 5, 2024
Sumay was a village in Guam, which following the arrival of the US in 1898, was the site of marine...
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