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Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles

Freedom Is Free is the latest album by Los Angeles quartet Chicano Batman. Left to right: Eduardo Arenas, Bardo Martinez, Gabriel Villa, Carlos Arévalo. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles

The band warps traditional Mexican music with traces of lounge, R&B, psych rock — and on the new Freedom Is Free, some explicit politics. Kelly McEvers met up with the group at an LA guitar shop.

Trump Has Many Jobs Unfilled; Is He 'Deconstructing The Administrative State'?

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Trump Has Many Jobs Unfilled; Is He 'Deconstructing The Administrative State'?

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Trump Has Many Jobs Unfilled; Is He 'Deconstructing The Administrative State'?

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10 Years After The New Bedford ICE Raid, Immigrant Community Has Hope

Adrian Ventura is the director of Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, or Community Workers Center, which was founded in the aftermath of the raid. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption

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10 Years After The New Bedford ICE Raid, Immigrant Community Has Hope

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10 Years After The New Bedford ICE Raid, Immigrant Community Has Hope

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Nate Smith's 'Kinfolk': A Study In Nomadic Jazz

Nate Smith's debut solo album is Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere. Laura Hanifin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles

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Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles

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Chicano Batman: A Sound And Vision That Could Only Come From Los Angeles

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In Moscow, New Barbershops Trim Away Old Notions Of Russian Masculinity

Pomades is one of half-a-dozen barbershops on a single block in central Moscow. Until recently, Russian society took a narrow view of masculinity. Real men weren't supposed to worry about hair or skincare. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption

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