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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2022 · 23 MIN

SCOTUS Denies Puerto Ricans Disability Benefits. Modern Day Colonialism?

from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios

The Supreme Court recently that Puerto Ricans were ineligible for some disability benefits. What does it mean for boricuas, and their relationship with the mainland US? On Today's Show:Yarimar Bonilla, professor of Puerto Rican Studies and Anthropology at the City University of New York, monthly columnist at El Nuevo Dia, and incoming director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, talks about the implications of that ruling and what it might mean for the future of statehood for the island. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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