Universal health care may drive the vote in Puerto Rico
Written by Camille Padilla Dalmau This article originally appeared in Harvard Public Health magazine. Subscribe to their newsletter. An alliance between two political parties in Puerto Rico is challenging politics as usual with a progressive touchstone: establishing a...
The Northern Mariana Islands teeter on the edge of electric state of emergency
An array of interwoven debts between utility companies and the territorial government, an aging power generation grid, and a broad budget squeeze across departments have brought the Northern Mariana Islands to the precipice of a territory-wide power failure. For the...
The October 2024 Elections Territorial Poll
Pasquines is announcing the last of its 2024 polls, open starting today to all residents of the United States unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The questions in the poll...
US House committee moves to curtail drug usage and transport in the Caribbean
On September 18, the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability passed the Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act (HR 920), originally proposed by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) of Puerto Rico and Delegate Stacey...
#TBT: October 17, 2024
Picture of the damage caused by the October 11, 1918 earthquake to the "La Habanera de Infanzón y Rodríguez" factory in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It had an approximate magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale, and along with a tsunami, caused approximately 156 deaths.
US Department of Energy announces $860 million in loans for solar farms in Puerto Rico
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda, the United States Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced a $861.3 million loan guarantee to finance the construction of two solar photovoltaic (PV) farms...
Google Trends in the US territories: September 2024
Welcome back to our monthly series examining the top Google Trends in Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Trends data is an unbiased sample of Google search data. It’s anonymized (no one is...
Governor Bryan convenes first Commission on Aging meeting, strengthening advocacy for seniors in the US Virgin Islands
In what was described as a significant step toward bolstering support and resources for the territory’s aging population, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) convened the first meeting of the United States Virgin Islands Commission on Aging on October 9, led by Government...
Latino voters are a growing force in Pennsylvania’s old industrial towns − and they could provide Harris or Trump with their margin of victory
By A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Penn State After Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president in early September 2024, posting a message to her 284 million fans on Instagram, some Democratic strategists suggested that an endorsement from Puerto Rican recording artist...
#TBT: October 10, 2024
Typhoon Bolaven was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that struck the Northern Mariana Islands on October 10, 2023. Bolaven also impacted Micronesia, bringing scattered floods and downing trees as it passed through.
