Trump wants Canada to be the 51st state, but residents of Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. have been advocating for statehood for years. President-elect Donald Trump speaks in Zebulon, Georgia on ...

it's higher than any other state. Puerto Rican legislators and its governor, Pedro Pierluisi, a Democrat, were in Washington pushing Congress to pass the Puerto Rico Status Act, which calls for a ...

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Delegates from Puerto Rico referred to the island territory ...

To understand the significance of this anniversary, experts explain why the U.S. took control of Puerto Rico in the first place, why the island hasn’t become a state and what might be next for ...