Linda Sarsour on Building a Better World
Linda Sarsour on Building a Better World  
Podcast: Borrowed & Returned
Published On: Thu Jul 30 2026
Description: Linda Sarsour is a proud Brooklyn-born Palestinian-American activist, writer, and organizer. She’s spent her career building bridges between diverse groups of people, and working to make America a more equitable place. In this episode, she shares the stories that shaped her, and her vision for the next 250 years of American history.Show notes:How many books have you read? Check out BPL’s full list of 250 books that influenced America. Then check out our booklist with all the titles Linda mentioned in this episode.Check out Next250’s Declaration of Interdependence.Want more interviews with authors on BPL’s 250 for 250 list? Check out the following interviews: Julia Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents; Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory; Jacqueline Woodson, This Is the Rope; Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America; Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States; Art Spiegelman, Maus; N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season; George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue.