What Puerto Rico Needs Most
Radio Atlantic
English - October 06, 2022 20:42 - 26 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Can an island that keeps getting pummeled by hurricanes ever be free?
Executive Producer Claudine Ebeid speaks with Atlantic contributors Jaquira Díaz and Robinson Meyer about what the island's status as a commonwealth means for recovery and modernizing its power grid.
Background Reading
Why Jaquira Díaz believes “Puerto Rico Needs Independence, Not Statehood.”
Imani Perry on natural disasters and colonialism
Why Puerto Rico's problems go beyond its debt crisis
This episode was hosted by Claudine Ebeid, and produced by A.C. Valdez with help from Kevin Townsend. Fact check by Isabel Cristo. The managing editor is Andrea Valdez and the executive editor for The Atlantic is Adrienne LaFrance
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Can an island that keeps getting pummeled by hurricanes ever be free?
Executive Producer Claudine Ebeid speaks with Atlantic contributors Jaquira Díaz and Robinson Meyer about what the island's status as a commonwealth means for recovery and modernizing its power grid.
Background Reading
Why Jaquira Díaz believes “Puerto Rico Needs Independence, Not Statehood.”
Imani Perry on natural disasters and colonialism
Why Puerto Rico's problems go beyond its debt crisis
This episode was hosted by Claudine Ebeid, and produced by A.C. Valdez with help from Kevin Townsend. Fact check by Isabel Cristo. The managing editor is Andrea Valdez and the executive editor for The Atlantic is Adrienne LaFrance
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices