Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) late Wednesday called President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure package "encouraging," but said the U.S. could need as much as $10 trillion over 10 years to invest in infrastructure and boost jobs and other priorities across the country. "The vision that President Biden and the administration has laid out . has surprised a lot of us in a positive way and in the detail and the thought that's here,.
123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans
123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans
Juan Declet-Barreto, Climate Vulnerability Social Scientist | March 10, 2021, 11:00 am EDT
“[E]ven were Puerto Rico given each and every one of the freedoms, and the powers that such [freedom] begets, the development of such a system will be thwarted because the Union would have violated the principle upon which that system rests, which absolutely requires the will of the people to organize representative institutions.”
One of the prized possessions I brought with me to the United States is a Puerto Rican flag. Not a flimsy, cheaply-made flag on a plastic straw-like stand, the kind that you get on your way to a rally and wave around. It’s a cloth flag, water-stained and frayed by time around the edges of its white and red stripes:
Puerto Rico is back in the national spotlight after new statehood legislation was introduced Tuesday by Florida Representative Darren Soto and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González.
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What’s behind calls for Puerto Rico statehood?
The full title of this article by Nicole Acevedo (NBC) is “What’s behind calls for Puerto Rico statehood? Here are 4 things to know.” Acevedo writes, “A new bill renews decades-long tensions between Puerto Ricans who want statehood and those who want to explore other territorial options.” Here are excerpts:
The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act seeks to establish “a framework for admission, including a presidential proclamation upon its passage, a ratification vote, the election of U.S. senators and representatives and the continuity of laws, government, and obligations,” Soto said at a news conference.