Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth -- yet it competes (and in the case of basketball, wins) against the United States in the Olympic Games. Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains how this puzzling system came about.
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Andy Bowers
Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.
