Discussed in this essay: Black Flag Boricuas: Anarchism, Antiauthoritarianism, and the Left in Puerto Rico, 1897-1921 by Kirwin R. Shaffer. University of Illinois Press. 2013. 240 pages. $65. Rod ...

If these states had come to be, we would have had states called Transylvania and Nickajack! The states that never were After starting out as 13 British colonies, the United States has since grown to ...

The flag was first used on Dec. 22, 1895, when a group of Puerto Ricans gathered in New York City to show their support for independence for Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain.

"United States Would Return Puerto Rico to Spain." El Nuevo Dia. 28 December 2017. Rampton, Roberta. "Trump Praises Response to Puerto Rico, Says Crisis Straining Budget." Reuters. 2 October 2017.

5. Spain Catalonia, one of Spain’s 17 autonomous provinces, will hold a controversial referendum this weekend on independence. There’s disagreement on what the results of it should mean.