Clique aqui para Português At 3:14pm on Wednesday, March 20, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s Morro do Borel favela in the city’s North Zone took to social media to report an intense shootout amid a large scale […]
Clique aqui para Português Today—Thursday, March 14, 2019—marks one year since the assassination of Rio city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Born and raised in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, […]
Clique aqui para Português Violence against women is a systemic issue in Rio and across Brazil, a country with the 5th highest femicide rate in the world. Four women have been killed every day so far […]
Clique aqui para Português In January, tens of thousands of teachers mobilized across the city of Los Angeles for a six-day strike to protest low wages and a lack of support for students in public […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, February 23, community-based social and cultural development organization Instituto Raízes em Movimento (Roots in Movement Institute) hosted the event “Waste: Policies and Challenges,” bringing together local residents and guest speakers to address […]