Journalist Andrea González-Ramírez joins us to discuss the political roadblocks to statehood, the option to become an independent nation, and the complex issues that face the future of the island.
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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl
Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.
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Puerto Rico is Not Free
Ed Morales, lecturer Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, joins us to talk about the difficult past and uncertain future of Puerto Rico.
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Understanding The Unrest In Puerto Rico
Ed Morales joins guest host John McCaa to talk about how years of corruption, economic problems and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria have led to the current uprising in Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico Was Already Broken: Here’s Why
Journalist Petra Bartosiewicz and photographer Christopher Gregory join us to talk about how U.S. policy towards Puerto Rico almost guarantees that it will never recover from Hurricane Maria and future disasters.
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Puerto Rico’s Colonial Past And Present
Filmmaker, writer and Columbia University professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner joins us to give her take on the crisis in Puerto Rico.
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