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    Mother Polka
    Published: March 19, 2008

    With a wink and a nod, the members of Mexico City's Polka Madre declare on their webpage that they sound like nothing you've ever heard before -- but whether this is a dare or a promise, they're...

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    Gilb Answers
    Published: February 13, 2008

    Dagoberto Gilb is gregarious and genuine, a built but not quite imposing figure with a big smile. He could easily pass as a writing instructor moonlighting as a carpenter on his days off. Or, as...

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    Three Kings Sing
    Published: January 2, 2008

    Throughout Latin America, Spain, and the Bay Area, families celebrate El Día de los Reyes Magos, the Day of the Epiphany, with the sort of partying and revelry reserved for birthdays, not...

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    Feliz Navidad
    Published: December 19, 2007

    Maybe you grew up knowing all the words to "El Rey" and "Amorcito Corazón," and request "Sabor a Mi" at every wedding and quinceañera you attend. Perhaps you're the one who closes out...

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    Song Sung New
    Published: December 5, 2007

    As a poetic celebration of life and resistance, nueva canción's roots lie in Latin American protests and popular struggles from the 1960s to the present. It sprouted everywhere from Chile to Cuba,...

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    You Shall Be Moved
    Published: November 7, 2007

    Mississippi, 1964: A lifetime ago and a world away, hundreds of Northern civil rights volunteers — mostly young, mostly white — joined with blacks living in the heart of the Jim Crow South....

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    Nothing Insignificant
    Published: October 10, 2007

    In the summer of 2006, the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca erupted in violence as peaceful protesters — members of the teachers' union and their supporters — clashed with military and paramilitary...

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