#TBT: February 20, 2025
Tropical Cyclone Vicky on February 20, 2020, which brought rain and strong winds to Samoa and American Samoa.
US Virgin Islands Governor Bryan pushes for permanent Rum Cover-Over, refinery reopening, and Visa Waiver Program at 2025 IGIA meeting
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) continued his administration’s ongoing efforts to advocate for the United States Virgin Islands at the 2025 Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) meeting, using the platform to highlight key policy priorities, including the permanent...
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline. Proposed cuts to the...
Trump’s push for ‘efficiency’ may destroy the EPA. What does that mean for you?
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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 citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the US Virgin Islands, and to extend naturalization laws, the same year the islands officially became an unincorporated US territory.
Google Trends in the US territories: January 2025
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...
Uncertain future for the Northern Mariana Islands under the Trump administration
With the inauguration of not only President Trump (R) but also the Northern Mariana Islands' first Republican delegate to Congress, Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R), the commonwealth is preparing for a new era of national politics. These changes come at a time when national...
NDN Collective’s 2025 Community Action Fund application period opens
The application period for NDN Collective’s 2025 Community Action Fund (CAF) recently opened, and the organization is seeking new organizations to apply for the fund. For the past five years, this grant has supported direct action and frontline organizing across...
#TBT: February 6, 2025
On February 6, 1899, the United States Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, by a vote of 57 to 27, just over the two-thirds majority needed. Under the treaty, Spain relinquished any claim to Cuba and surrendered Puerto Rico, Guam, and...
United States Virgin Islands Department of Health urges precautions as Dengue outbreak hits St. Croix District
The Virgin Islands Department of Health is urging residents to take precautions to prevent further transmission of dengue as the number of cases rises in the district of St. Croix. “We are once again strongly urging residents to take steps now to prevent wider...
