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The Latino community is facing issues with misinformation on abortions

Saturday, August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Elizabeth Estrada of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice about the spread of abortion misinformation in the Latino community.

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Aubrey Plaza goes from art school to fraudster in 'Emily The Criminal'

Saturday, August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with actor Aubrey Plaza about her new thriller, "Emily The Criminal," which centers around a woman who turns to crime to pay off student loan debt.

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Social media is deciding trends at breakneck pace, and it's fueling fast fashion

Sunday, August 07, 2022

Social media - yeah, we're looking at YOU, TikTok! - has accelerated trend cycles. Researcher Mandy Lee explains what that means for fashion consumption.

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Wryn's Tiny Desk Contest entry sends love and affirmation to transgender youth

Sunday, July 10, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Wryn about their Tiny Desk Contest entries and their forthcoming album.

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'Menudo: Forever Young' follows the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican boy band

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with film critic Monica Castillo about the documentary series "Menudo: Forever Young," which chronicles the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican boy band.

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Los Llanos are home to cowboys. Cimarrón's music complicates that image

Saturday, June 18, 2022

The South American music joropo often deals with horses and cowboys. The Colombian band Cimarrón has made the genre more inclusive by adding Indigenous and Afro-Colombian themes and sounds.

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On 'It's Almost Dry,' Pusha T plays the long game

Sunday, June 12, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.

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How we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed communities

Friday, June 03, 2022

The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.

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What it means for pop music to raise awareness about intimate partner violence

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Puerto Rican band Buscabulla discusses how they made the song "Andrea" with rapper Bad Bunny, and what it means for pop music to raise awareness about intimate partner violence.

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The charges against Young Thug build on a growing trend of criminalizing rap crews

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael of NPR's Louder Than A Riot about the RICO charges against Young Thug and the wider intersection of criminal justice and hip-hop.

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This educator writes 'anti-narcocorridos' — songs that tell the story of heroes

Sunday, May 08, 2022

Mexican singer Vivir Quintana talks about her latest song, 'El Corrido de Milo Vela,' which tells the story of one of the many journalists who have been murdered in Mexico for doing their jobs.

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On full-length debut, viral punk band The Linda Lindas keep growing

Sunday, April 17, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza of The Linda Lindas about punk as a form of expression and the creation of their new album, Growing Up.

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Janelle Monáe's 'Dirty Computer' comes alive in a new collection of stories

Sunday, April 17, 2022

The artist builds on the Afrofuturistic world from her 2018 album in a new short story collection titled The Memory Librarian. She tells NPR about her nightmare that inspired the project.

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After years of early success, Omar Apollo releases full debut album 'Ivory'

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Omar Apollo about his psychedelically soulful music and his full-length album, "Ivory."

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Catherine Cohen is in on the joke in 'The Twist...? She's Gorgeous'

Sunday, March 13, 2022

In her new Netflix special, the 30-year-old comedian melds her self-absorbed millennial persona with the glamor and confessional satire of a cabaret star. The target of her jokes? Cohen herself.

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After 'Texas Sun,' Leon Bridges and Khruangbin seek solace on 'Texas Moon'

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Leon Bridges and Khruangbin reflect on their second tribute to the sound of the Lone Star state in their upcoming EP, Texas Moon.

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C. Tangana embraces tradition on his groundbreaking album, 'El Madrileño'

Sunday, January 02, 2022

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Spanish rapper C. Tangana about his highly-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated album, "El Madrileño."

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Books we love: NPR's top picks for 2021 memoirs

Saturday, December 18, 2021

From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, we hear suggestions for four memoirs that are well worth your time.

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The Best Latin Music of 2021

Monday, December 13, 2021

The singles and albums that came out this year seem to reflect the diversity of Latin music more than ever.

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Mario Vargas Llosa explores 1954 Guatemalan coup in new novel

Monday, November 29, 2021

Harsh Times, set in the 1950s, is historical fiction centering on events of a CIA-backed coup to overthrow Guatemala's democratically-elected government led by Jacobo Árbenz.

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