Category: Context of islands
#TBT: September 18, 2025
From September to October 1895, Andrew Jenson toured the Samoan islands, including American Samoa,...
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How the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will impact the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s rum Industry
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) signed HR 1 into law, referred to as the “One Big...
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Democracy in the US territories, in context
Being a part of the United States, but not represented as a state, ensures the territories’...
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#TBT: September 11, 2025
Senator Hiram L. Fong of Hawaii introduced S. Con. Res. 50 in August 1965, proposing that...
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Scientists and fishermen partner to study fish populations in the Mariana Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries completed a research mission in July in...
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Report exposes deep healthcare gaps in the Northern Mariana Islands justice system
On June 25, 2025, the Northern Mariana Islands Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil...
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#TBT: September 4, 2025
Born on September 4, 1940, Tufele Li’amatua was an American Samoan politician, businessman,...
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#TBT: August 28, 2025
On August 28, 2019, Hurricane Dorian struck the US Virgin Islands, which were affected primarily...
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Guam after the battle: The plans that changed the island, in context
From July 21, 1944, to August 10, 1944, the brutal Battle of Guam occurred. During World War II,...
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#TBT: August 21, 2025
60 years ago today, the Guam Economic Development Authority was founded, after the signing of...
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#TBT: August 7, 2025
On August 7, 2019, Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Justice Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn in as Puerto...
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The Northern Mariana Islands and the Aleutian Islands: Forgotten pillars of the US Indo-Pacific strategy
By Aayush Gandhi As the Chinese threat against Taiwan rapidly increases, new US Indo-Pacific...
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