Clique aqui para Português In this Portuguese-language mini-documentary, three Black women from Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense speak about their experiences of running for office and how the region is, as the video’s name […]
Clique aqui para Português The Urban Peripheries Literary Festival, commonly known as FLUP, is an international literary event held in the favelas and peripheries of Rio de Janeiro—areas traditionally excluded from literary fair circuits and […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. Criminal attacks against the federal government […]
Clique aqui para Português Behind the scenes, Lula’s transition cabinet was charged with including greater numbers of underrepresented groups in federal ministries. Participating in the transition were indigenous intellectuals, quilombolas, Afro-Brazilian men and women, residents […]
Clique aqui para Português Published in Portuguese in November in celebration of Brazilian Black Awareness Month, this article features three black comedians who are dedicated to anti-racist comedy. At the end of September, Dan Mendes—a […]