The island of Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War. Although the usual narrative is the war was precipitated by an explosion on the naval vessel Maine in Havana harbor, the truth is that the…

There’s a little-known tax that’ll make you want a drink when you find out about it. And it’s actually less a tax than a grift. One that’s used to make Americans pay to subsidize the governments of Puerto Rico and…