The Jones Act, a century-old maritime law requiring goods transported between U.S. ports to be carried on U.S.-built, -owned, and -operated ships, is an unjust burden on Puerto Rico.

If U.S. citizenship for Puerto Ricans is no longer secure, then neither is the colonial arrangement that produced it.

People sit on both sides of a destroyed bridge that crossed over the San Lorenzo de Morovis river, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Morovis, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

The Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico expired Sunday and will not be renewed, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. The Trump administration had issued a waiver of the shipping law on ...

The White House announced Thursday that it's waiving the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, temporarily freeing the hurricane-stricken island from a 97-year-old regulatory law requiring that ships in U.S ...

For decades, the Jones Act has increased costs and hurt grid reliability in Puerto Rico. If Kamala Harris Wants To Lower Energy Costs in Puerto Rico, She Should Support the Repeal of the Jones Act ...

Under pressure to do more for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump on Thursday waived federal restrictions on foreign ships’ transportation of cargo to the island. He tweeted ...

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico urgently need humanitarian relief to survive in the short term. They also need advanced technology and construction supplies 1920 ...

Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory after the 1898 Spanish-American War, and in 1917 the island’s residents were granted U.S. citizenship by the Jones-Shafroth Act, just five years after Arizona ...

The Trump administration said Thursday that it would temporarily waive a century-old shipping law for Puerto Rico that officials there said was hindering disaster relief efforts after Hurricane ...

In the ongoing debate surrounding the recently reintroduced Puerto Rico Status Act (PRSA) in the U.S. Senate, it is crucial to recognize the complexities of Puerto Rico’s potential shift in ...

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico urgently need humanitarian relief to survive in the short term. They also need advanced technology and construction supplies ...