In Santurce, a poor suburb outside San Juan, Puerto Rico, there’s a bus that doesn’t run anymore, but the stops it once madeparadasstill lend their names to the densely populated neighborhoods. Ask ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Growing up Puerto Rican meant dealing with people not knowing that Puerto Rico is part of the United States, assuming that we eat spicy food, and not realizing that we come in all shapes and colors.

During “Tití Me Preguntó”, Bad Bunny quickly stops at a Coco Frio cart—a quintessential fresh coconut water street stand common across Puerto Rico, from which actual chilled coconuts are sold. The ...