Naomi Klein on Puerto Rico at a Crossroads, The Rikers Library, Elizabeth Strout's New Novel

Midday on WNYC | Apr 4, 2018

Naomi Klein discusses her story for The Intercept about the struggle between Puerto Rican activists and ultra-rich Puertopians from the U.S. mainland. Change-makers Sarah Ball, Louise Stamp and Emily Jacobson talk about their work at the New York Public Library’s branch on Rikers Island. Elizabeth Strout discusses Anything is Possible, her new novel following two sisters in small-town America. David Margolick examines the interwoven lives and deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy fifty years after their assassinations.

This episode is guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart.

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