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Xavier Harding

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Covers:  Tech, Gaming, Race, Culture, Electric Vehicles and Sustainability

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Xavier Harding is a tech editor at The New York Times T Brand Studio. Xavier was born and raised in New York City and has previously worked at publications like Popular Science and The Markup, non-profits like the Mozilla Foundation and the news site Mic, where he won two Webby Awards.

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PAID POST - 24 Hours in Santurce - New York Times

PAID POST - 24 Hours in Santurce - New York Times

How music remains the cultural pulse of Puerto Rico

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PAID POST by Discover Puerto Rico — 24 Hours in Santurce

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By Xavier Harding Verified
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How music remains the cultural pulse of Puerto Rico “The Taíno, the Africans and the Spanish formed the heart of Puerto Rico,” the Cepeda family tells me. “They didn’t speak the same language, but they communicated through the music.” The patriarch of bomba, Puerto Rico’s first music genre, was Don Rafael Cepeda. As I sit with his granddaughter, I realize I’m graced by the presence of music royalty. “La bomba was a genre of resistance," Tata Cepeda says. “It isn’t just music and dance.
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Lifestyle | Transportation | Cool Material

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By Amos Kwon, Xavier Harding Verified
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Exponential Interactive, Inc d/b/a VDX.tv Cookie duration: 90 (days). Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choices more Cookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Consent Cookie duration: 365 (days).
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The Best Affordable EVs

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By Xavier Harding Verified, Amos Kwon
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The electric vehicle industry has come a long way since Tesla first showed the world how to make a compelling consumer EV back in 2012. The company is known for offering cars that carry a hefty price tag—the biggest, baddest Cybertruck, for example, costs $100K. But the company makes cheaper models too. The Tesla Model Y’s $60K price tag helped make it the #1 most-sold car in the world this and last year, narrowly edging out the Toyota Corolla.
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