Category: Context of islands
In seeking connection to Puerto Rico, Vice President Kamala Harris finds a complicated picture
Vice President Kamala Harris (D), accompanied by US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and...
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#TBT: April 18, 2024
Pedro “Teno” Pangelinan Tenorio, born on April 18, 1934, was the second and fifth...
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Members of Congress and civil rights groups call on US Department of Justice to denounce Insular Cases
A bipartisan group of 43 House and Senate leaders is calling on the United States Department of...
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#TBT: April 11, 2024
Mike Pence was the third sitting US vice president to visit American Samoa when he made a stopover...
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#TBT: April 4, 2024
On April 4, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced a $45 million...
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#TBT: March 28, 2024
On March 20, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Guam for a conference on the Vietnam War...
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NOAA’s CRCP Infrastructure Plan pushes for greater cooperation with Puerto Rico
Against the backdrop of February 2024’s record oceanic surface water temperatures, the National...
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#TBT: March 21, 2024
On March 21, 1937, a peaceful march in Ponce, Puerto Rico became the Ponce Massacre. Police opened...
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#TBT: March 14, 2024
On March 14, 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders won the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential...
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#TBT: March 7, 2024
On March 7, 2023, American Samoa Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen delivered a speech on the...
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#TBT: February 29, 2024
William H. Hastie, the first African American to serve as Governor of the US Virgin Islands, is...
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#TBT: February 22, 2024
On February 22, 1953, Typhoon Irma produced gusts of 65 mph while south of Hagåtña, Guam, and also...
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