Social
Lia Rodrigues: A Dance to the Wounds and Powerlessness of Brazilians
With contorted faces and twitching bodies, dancers come together, push each other away, and ...
Builders of Railroad in Brazil Call It Progress. The Price Is Too High Say Locals
It happened eight years ago: Elicarlos Ferreira da Silva and his family were returning ...
Debunking the Myths About Sex Trafficking
The idea that sex trafficking is an urgent social problem is woven into American ...
The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon
Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...
How an Amazon Tribe in Brazil Took Control of Their Own Story and Escaped Covid
When the Uru-eu-wau-wau were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. ...
Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians
Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...
It Looks Like Revolution, But It’s Only Neoliberalism
The university professor in the middle of the authoritarian crusades of both the right ...
Brazilian Indians Keep Their Culture Alive by Living in Big Cities
Leaning on the balcony railing at her rickety house, perched above the stairs and ...
Drug Traffickers and Evangelicals Join Hands in Rio for Holy War Against Priests and Afro-Brazilian Gods
Israeli flags fly from the highest spots of the hills surrounding the Cidade Alta ...
In Shock, World Asks for Probe Over Police Massacre in Rio’s Favela
The United Nations said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killings of 28 people ...