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The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance

Bad Bunny recently decided to avoid performing on the U.S. mainland, citing fears that some of his fans could be targeted and deported by...

María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during a protest in Caracas on Jan. 9, 2025. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images by David Smilde, Tulane University Few...

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

A Confederate Festival attendee visits the American cemetery in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil, on April 24, 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Jordan Brasher, Macalester College There...

Mexico poised to elect first female president: 3 essential reads on landmark vote

The future is (probably) female. Julio Cesar Aguilar and Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images by Matt Williams, The Conversation Mexicans will go to the polls on June...

Haiti is in crisis, but foreign intervention comes with an ugly past

Chaos on the streets of Port-au-Prince. Guerinault Louis/Anadolu via Getty Images by Ernesto Sagás, Colorado State University Haiti is fast becoming a failed state. Armed gangs control most...

Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia...

Evaluating the U.S.-supported, Kenya-led mission in Haiti and its implications

Photo by Augustine Wamenya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In a recent report by theGrio, as the United States gears up to support a ground mission...

Hispanic Heritage Month: 10 trailblazing Afro-Latino stars you should know

When discussing Black history throughout the Americas, Afro-Latino's impact on Black American culture and history runs deep. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept....

Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

Astrud Gilberto backstage at New York City’s Birdland Jazz Club in 1964. Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images by Mario Higa, Middlebury Astrud Gilberto didn’t set...

Pelé: a global superstar and cultural icon who put passion at the heart of soccer

by Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will be...

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