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Puerto Rico Was Already Broken: Here’s Why

In September, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, ringing up an estimated $100 billion in damages. Journalist Petra Bartosiewicz and photographer Christopher Gregory join us to talk about how U.S. policy towards the island almost guarantees that it will never recover from the disaster. Their story “Before the Deluge: How Washington Sealed Puerto Rico’s Fate” appears in Harpers magazine.