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The Fate of Residents in Rio’s Skol Favela Illustrates How the Right to Housing is a Key Piece in Rio’s Political Game of Chess (Part 2)

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • October 25, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the second of a two-part article about the twelve-year struggle for housing by Favela da Skol residents, revealing Rio de Janeiro’s political backstage during an election year. With direct […]

#EvictionsWatch

The Fate of Residents in Rio’s Skol Favela Illustrates How the Right to Housing is a Key Piece in Rio’s Political Game of Chess (Part 1)

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • October 24, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of a two-part article about the twelve-year struggle for housing by Favela da Skol residents, revealing Rio de Janeiro’s political backstage during an election year. The game […]

#CommunityMedia

Questionable State of Brazilian Democracy Threatens Freedom of Speech, Journalist Safety and Election Coverage in the Favelas

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Ethan Kaimana • September 9, 2022

Click here for Portuguese This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Center for Critical Studies in Language, Education, and Society (NECLES), at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), to produce articles to be […]

#ParticipationWatch

Self-Esteem as a Structural Problem: The Mental Marathon of Favela Students Who Make It to University

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Ethan Kaimana • August 24, 2022

Click here for Portuguese This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on climate impacts and affirmative action in […]

#MarielleLegacy

Quilombo in the Parliaments: The Brazilian Black Movement’s Proposal to Reconstruct the Nation Through Its 2022 Elections

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Ethan Kaimana • August 9, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Cross-party alliance seeks to combat the underrepresentation of the black population in Brazil’s legislative branch, advocating an anti-racist agenda. There’s an African proverb that is well known on this side of […]

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