U.S. territories

Nearly four million Americans and U.S. nationals live in U.S. territories, yet they have limited voice in the federal government that shapes their daily lives.

The nation’s 250th anniversary this summer invited us to reflect on how much has changed and to look ahead at the choices shaping our future. That forward-looking perspective feels especially important as emerging technologies are rapidly reshaping h...

At a Ford School event during the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, "Decolonizing imagination: Narratives, memory and political possibility in the U.S. Territories," Ford School associate research professor Mara Cecilia Ostfeld led panelists i...