Trump’s plan to eliminate FEMA is a very bad idea
By Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada A symbolic visit by an American president to a disaster site can be constructive. Former President Joe Biden’s presence at areas in the United States affected by various disasters allowed him to both show leadership and...
#TBT: January 30, 2025
On January 9, 1978, a new government and constitution came into effect in part in the Northern Mariana Islands after approval in 1977. The new constitution would not become fully into effect until November 4, 1986.
What’s behind Trump’s flurry of executive action: 4 essential reads on autocrats and authoritarianism
div class="theconversation-article-body"> By Jeff Inglis, The Conversation If you think a lot is happening in the federal government all at once on a lot of different issues, you’re right. At the beginning of a new presidential administration, there is often a flurry...
Radewagen-backed forestry bill passed by US House
Delegate Uifa’atali Amata Coleman Radewagen (R) of American Samoa welcomed the United States House of Representatives passage of the bipartisan HR 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, led by Representative Bruce Westerman (R) of Arkansas, who is the only professional...
Google Trends in the US territories: December 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...
#TBT: January 23, 2025
The Poyer School, named after the longest-serving governor of American Samoa, was built on January 23, 1918, in Anua. The high school was located at the present location of StarKist, since after the 1960's, the building was rented to the American Can Company.
Stranded by status: The lack of territorial parity in the news
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in the Stranded by Status series, which hopes to shed light on how federal policies and Judicial decisions inhibit the development and success of the United States unincorporated territories. A Google search for...
Northern Mariana Islands’ Saipan Tribune shuts down
In October 2024, The Saipan Tribune, one of the Northern Mariana Islands’ principal newspapers, announced it would be ceasing operations at the end of 2024, and so it did on December 31. In a public statement, management cited a confluence of factors including broad...
The US’s Worst Fears of Chinese Hacking Are on Display in Guam
Bloomberg's Katrina Manson reports on how the threat of Chinese hacking has become real in the United States territory of Guam. Melvyn Kwek figured out something was wrong when US federal agents began to visit him in 2022. “Could you take a look at your network?”...
Stranded by status: Plaskett’s call for equal voting rights
Editor’s note: This is the first installment in the Stranded by Status series, which hopes to shed light on how federal policies and Judicial decisions inhibit the development and success of the United States unincorporated territories. On January 3, 2025, Delegate ...
