Puerto Rico declares state of emergency due to coastal erosion
In recent years, Puerto Rico has struggled with an excess of coastal erosion. On April 11, 2023, Governor Pedro Pierluisi (NPP, D) declared a state of emergency in order to set aside funding and resources to help combat the effects of coastal erosion, which is a...
Context of conflict
Understanding the context of conflict in Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands is of utmost importance when examining the experiences and development of the US territories. The islands have not been...
#TBT: May 18, 2023
During World War II, on June 15, 1944, two US Marine divisions went ashore on Saipan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands, facing 30,000 Japanese defenders. Japan lost Saipan, which was a turning point in the war.
Google Trends in the territories: April 2023
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...
UPR Mayaguez and CROEM renew collaborative agreement
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the Residential Center for Educational Opportunities at Mayagüez (CROEM) have renewed a collaborative agreement that will grant students from the boarding high school access to the research laboratories at the...
The driving force for conservation is optimism
It’s easy to be pessimistic about Earth’s future. News articles often share the doom and gloom of science. Destruction of ecosystems and hazardous pollution clog news articles. Let’s not forget that climate change seems to affect everything. It’s hard to write a...
Puerto Rico pursues SNAP benefits in Congress
Despite widespread food insecurity in Puerto Rico, the United States government currently denies the territory access to essential resources from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A relic of budgetary cuts from the Ronald Reagan (R)...
Context of identity
What does it mean to be an American? Is it a question of perception, of citizenship, or of ideas? For Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, the context of identity is a particularly complex subject, as is the norm...
#TBT: May 11, 2023
Nora Stewart Coleman (December 11, 1920–May 11, 2005) was the First Lady of #AmericanSamoa during four tenures between 1956 and 1993. She was one of the longest-serving first ladies of any territory. Her daughter, High Chief Uifa'atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen,...
Biden’s Investing in America agenda reaches the territories
President Joe Biden (D)’s Investing in America agenda has resulted in millions of dollars of funding for the American territories. With laws passed in the last two years, including the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and...
