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How celebrating an Ecuadorian New Year's tradition brings us closer together

Happy New Year, fam! This year, we're celebrating Ecuadorian style: by burning away what we want to let go of from last year and creating space for moving ahead with this year. Code Switch producer Xavier Lopez takes us on his journey to explore the tradition of his childhood, learn its origins, and honor it in his life in New York today. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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  Revisiting the fight over the Lakota language as Trump targets "divisive n…

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  Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador

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  What's lost in Trump's DEI ban?

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  With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics

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  What Mahmoud Khalil's arrest means for ... everyone

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  This Palestinian-American's debut novel may not be political — but her exi…

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  A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal

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  Black audiences see themselves centered in a brand new soap opera

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  The NFL's concussion problem beyond CTE

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  What a Black enclave lost in the Los Angeles wildfires

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  An NFL star on what the game costs those who play it

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  Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land

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  What football tells us about race, labor and power

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  Hip-hop is 'fight the power' but also advertises for the power

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  B.A. Parker is learning the banjo

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  The co-opting of MLK Jr. by...everybody