THE VIDEO SHELF · us territories status
U.S. Territories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on how century-old Supreme Court decisions left U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa without meaningful representation. It mixes comedy with a history of their legal status.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people use it as a quick, entertaining primer on territory status, citizenship versus nationality, and voting rights.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- us territories status
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Puerto Rican here! In my opinion, these are two very good pieces to learn about Puerto Rico [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
javiramos on Hacker News · 2017-10
In The Media Has Neglected Puerto RicoThat's a harsh interpretation to make of dragonwriter's comment. I read it as a factual statement about what the U.S. does with colonies by someone that probably disagrees with the practice. That's also a charitable default. If anyone wants more info on the topic, John …
nickpsecurity on Hacker News · 2018-04
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