Statehood

A ballot proposal calls for California to be split into three separate states. But secession movements have a rocky history.

• By Rebecca Worby

Fifty states is a lot, but we've almost had several others. Here are a few states that could have been, but never were.

• By Jack Denton
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The deepening humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico reveals a disaster response that is categorically different from the actions taken in the wake of hurricanes that struck the continental U.S. recently.

• By Kriston Capps