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.

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 ...

Preserving the Jones Act, which requires the use of U.S. vessels, and antitrust enforcement are key to saving American ...

Passed in 1920, the Jones Act severely limits competition in the American shipping market by requiring that ships operating between U.S. ports be American-built, ... Puerto Rico, or other outlying ...

Since 2017, Puerto Rico has been governed by a succession of pro-statehood leaders, each echoing the promise of the 1950s: that U.S. citizenship — in a full, enfranchised form — would finally ...