In case it wasn’t obvious on the two-lane highway that carves through golden hills, cow pastures and rows of grapevines, a sign inside the roadside Paicines General Store makes the point clear: “Welcome to the country.” When Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas was a boy in the 1980s, his grandmother would walk him and his brother to the store for ice …
In 2022, Bad Bunny made pop stardom a subversive act His playful, political spirit hasn't waned in the face of global domination Enlarge this image toggle caption Illustration: Simone Noronha for NPR Illustration: Simone Noronha for NPR By several measures, Bad Bunny became the world's biggest pop star in 2022. Once the show was in full swing, Bad Bunny mounted …
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Thousands protested in Paris against the staging of …
Italy is on the verge of electing Europe’s most far-right government since World War II. Halla Mohieddeen: Now, it’s part of a coalition with Matteo Salvini’s anti-immigrant league party and Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. Halla Mohieddeen: So how closely linked is Mussolini’s fascist party to Georgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy? Halla Mohieddeen: I asked Michele to help us …
A national news magazine once called Willie Velasquez, a veteran Chicano activist from San Antonio, “the man the Anglo establishment hates to see.” But when that article was published several years ago, the “establishment” that Velasquez was challenging were the Anglos who ran politics in places such as Sanger, Calif., or Pecos, Tex. Velasquez is the first to concede that …