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From Street Gang to Revolutionaries — José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez and The Young Lords Laid Groundwork for Radical Racial Justice Movements
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, radical Puerto Rican activist and civil rights icon, passed away on January 10, 2025. He was 76. Best ...
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Puerto Rico’s Radical History Is Being Rediscovered
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of ...
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Bad Bunny wanted to share Puerto Rico's history of colonization, so he called a Wisconsin Professor
Bad Bunny wanted to share the history of Puerto Rico on his latest album. So his team made a call to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That’s where a professor was ready to share the island’s ...
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The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades
and members of the Young Lords and Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization, among others. The declassified documents include memos documenting CIA surveillance of far-more-conservative ...
A UW-Madison historian's work became a key feature of Bad Bunny's new album. Here's how
Badillo, an assistant history professor at UW-Madison, is the brains behind the visualizers for Bad Bunny's hit new album.
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Puerto Rican governor expects Trump to ‘swiftly respond’ to Venezuela’s ‘open threat’ to invade territory
“And our agenda was written by Simón Bolívar,” he added, invoking the 19th-century South American revolutionary. “The freedom of Puerto Rico is pending, and we will achieve it with ...
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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76
“He leaves behind a profound legacy of revolutionary spirit, a vision for Puerto Rican self-determination and a commitment to justice for the people.” The Young Lords challenged institutional ...