Ideas

Ideas pa’ hoyIdeas for modern life

Historia, idioma e identidad, escritos pa’ hoy y pa’ cualquiera que quiera aprender.History, language and identity, written for today and for readers of any background.

• Language

  Taíno words you already say

  Hammock, hurricane and barbecue came from the island's first people. So did the names of half the towns.

• History

  1917: citizens, with an asterisk

  How Puerto Ricans became US citizens, and why people on the island still can't vote for president.

• Food

  Three roots on one plate

  Read a plate of rice, beans and tostones and you can trace the whole history of the island.