Philadelphia

Puerto Ricans are the largest Latino group in at least two districts that could change party hands in November’s midterm elections.

Families in Kensington and beyond are grappling with a crisis shaped by migration, disinvestment, and a public health response that many say has failed them.

Inside a Busy Afternoon at a Philadelphia Neighborhood Polling Place

For Samuel Serrano, going to prison is like disappearing. And he knows from experience that many stay inside. He is Puerto Rican, owns an auto repair shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the state with the most people born in Puerto Rico serving sentences in state prisons.

The diaspora faces inequity and gentrification in the second US city with the largest Puerto Rican population.