Since 1898, Puerto Rico has been a U.S. Territory. Since 1917, Puerto Ricans have been considered U.S. Citizens, although they are granted fewer rights than Americans on the mainland. Residents of the island do not have the right to vote in general presidential elections, vote for senators, or have representatives in Congress, and they receive less federal funding.
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Kelsey O’Driscoll Achieves Her Paralympic Dreams. There Is Still More She Wants To See.
“I didn’t know what sport I was going to go in, but I knew that I wanted to go to the games so bad,” said Paralympic alpine skier Kelsey O’Driscoll. In March, O’Driscoll competed in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. She is a registered nurse, working at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York.
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The Passion Project that Became a Mission: Andrea Rudnik’s Story
What started as a simple passion project providing resources for migrant people became a full-fledged mission in 2018. Leading this mission is Andrea Morris-Rudnik, a Doane Stuart School alumna (’78) and Hobart and William Smith College alumna (’82).
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Social Media Killed the Newspaper Star
Video once killed the radio star. Today, video is gradually killing off another art: print news.
Since the early 2000s, newspapers have been steadily disappearing. Recently, there has been a surge in the newspaper shutdowns. Among the recently shut-down print newspapers is The Jersey Journal.