How to Make Washington, D.C. the 51st U.S. State. The U.S. Senate was designed in 1787, according to James Madison (one of the U.S.’s founding fathers) to disproportionately empower the slave-holding states of the American south — enticing them to join the new nation....
This article first appeared on The Globalist. In many ways, the case for Puerto Rican statehood is equally compelling as that for Washington, D.C. 1. Puerto Rico’s population is comparable to Iowa and exceeds that of 20 states. 2. Puerto Ricans already participate...
