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Bad Bunny, resistance, and the Super Bowl halftime show

Can a superstar be an actual voice of resistance? How does Bad Bunny's choice to perform at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show square with his politics of resistance to U.S. imperialism and decision to avoid the U.S. in his current world tour? We're speaking with Bad Bunny experts and authors of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance," Vanessa Diaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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  The U.S., Cuba, and the people caught between

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  Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition

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  Was dating while Black always so hard?

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  The history of Black History Month, one hundred years in

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  Americans are worried about crime. Here’s how politicians leverage it

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  What the history of U.S. protests illuminates about today

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  What the quarter-zip craze tells us about Blackness and respectability

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  How local police extend ICE's reach, even in sanctuary cities

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  Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry G…

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  Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference

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  Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism

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  How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant …

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  Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain…

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  From "CRT" to "DEI": A history of race and moral panics

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  Where ICE came from, and where it needs to go