Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
A D.C. voting rights statue at 11th St. and Florida, NW in Washington, D.C.
Puerto Rico has been in the midst of a major economic meltdown, unable to pay its debts. This has led some to speculate that the island could be overdue for a change in legal status. Before the Civil War it was common to bring states into the union in pairs of twos. The District of Columbia, of course, has been pursuing statehood for more than half a century. Kojo considers the similarities and differences between Puerto Rico and D.C.’s status and what each can learn from the other.
Guests
- Frances Negrón-Muntaner Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; filmmaker; author
- Adam Kurland Professor, Howard University School of Law
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