Bad Bunny’s music is political force, connects with LGBTQ audiences

“[Bad Bunny] uses the video to remind us that Puerto Ricans are on that land. The island isn't this empty space where there are no consequences for our actions. ‘Aqui vive gente,’ he says, people live here,” explains Latino and Latina studies professor Maria Elena Cepeda.

“[Bad Bunny] uses the video to remind us that Puerto Ricans are on that land. The island isn't this empty space where there are no consequences for our actions. ‘Aqui vive gente,’ he says, people live here,” explains Latino and Latina studies professor Maria Elena Cepeda. Credit: YouTube.

Bad Bunny’s latest music video focuses on Puerto Rico and its people’s ability to preserve amid chronic power outages five years after Hurricane Maria.

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An Arizona judge has ruled the state’s Civil War-era prohibition of abortions can be enforced. It’s the latest state to restrict access to the procedure.

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Marcelle Hutchins