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Bad Bunny’s naming of ‘Canadá’ at the Super Bowl exposed Canada’s tendency to imagine itself as peripheral to Latin America, when its people and culture are central to its reality.
Emerging from a swirl of sonic influences, reggaeton began as Panamanian protest music long before Puerto Rican artists turned the genre into a global phenomenon.
When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during his Super Bowl performance, he wasn’t just entertaining millions. He was spotlighting how Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages are a legacy of its…
Bad Bunny’s performance demonstrated how authenticity can be produced through anti-colonial activism.
The performance was full of meaningful visuals that contributed to a wider message about the multicultural soul of America today.
The performance is a Puerto Rican manifesto of love and resistance in the time of Trump.
Bad Bunny’s rise is inseparable from his activism, which is woven into his artistic choices, television appearances and live performances.
Bad Bunny was the first Spanish-language record to win Album of the Year at the Grammys. On Sunday, he will headline the Super Bowl.
The reaction to Bad Bunny’s selection as the Super Bowl halftime performer reveals how MAGA politics continues to police language, race and belonging in America.
Reggaeton star’s comments on ICE have added to a conservative backlash to NFL’s choice of entertainment. But his appeal in Latin America is seen as a big plus.
Culture wars once arose from impromptu events that struck a nerve among Americans, but they are now started by partisan agitators who introduce them to politicians and watch them take hold.
Like Bad Bunny’s music, Puerto Rican Muslims’ lives challenge ideas about race, religion and belonging in the Americas.
Puerto Ricans like Bad Bunny complicate the administration’s campaign to portray America as an English-speaking, homogenous nation.
An island-born, Philly-based theologian explains why being Puerto Rican is a source of both pride and ambivalence.
The mayor of San Juan has said Bad Bunny does a better job of promoting Puerto Rico than the island’s official destination marketing organization.
Allentown, Bethlehem and other old industrial cities in Pennsylvania have made a remarkable recovery − thanks in part to new residents from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
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