Scores of wheelchairs on hand remain unused hours after the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon Bombing; David Graeber; Food Police

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 16, 2013

The latest info on the bombing at the Boston marathon yesterday. What we know, how you can help, and what the lessons are for New York City and national security. Plus: anthropologist and activist David Graeber discusses his new book called The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement; and why the industrialization of food production is a good thing according to food economist Jayson Lusk.

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