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Protest in front of Niterói Courthouse.
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In Niterói, Recurrent Arbitrary Arrests of Black People, Based on their Social Media Photos, Are Denounced to the United Nations

By Alessandro Conceição • Translation by Constance Malleret • February 14, 2021

Clique aqui para Português The article is part of a partnership with the Center for Critical Studies in Language, Education, and Society (NECLES), at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), to produce articles to be used as teaching […]

Image of Ilma Rocha at the new Recreating Roots site in Lagartixa, Costa Barros. Photo by: Júlio Ribeiro.
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Recreating Roots: Transforming, Empowering, and Saving Young Lives in Costa Barros [PROFILE]

By Armando Torres • February 5, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. ‘Help Me Recreate My Life’ These were the last words Ilma Rocha would hear from a young teen whose […]

Protest in Cinelândia, in front of Rio's city council. Photo by Marielle Franco Institute
#MarielleLegacy

After 1,000 Days, Marielle’s Friends and Fellow Activists Ask: ‘Who Ordered Marielle’s Murder?’

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • January 18, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Over 1,000 days have passed since the dark night of March 14, 2018 when Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes were murdered, but questions about the motive of the crime and identity […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Brazil’s Black Coalition for Rights: A Pact Across the Brazilian Black Movement

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Mikayla Ribeiro • January 12, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series of three on Brazil’s Black Coalition for Rights. “We are not born black, we become black. It is a hard, cruel understanding that […]

Jardim Julieta Occupation, in Vila Medeiros, São Paulo's North Zone. Photo by: Léu Britto
#CoronavirusWatch

The Daily Reality and Fear of Eviction in a Housing Occupation Caused by Covid-19 in São Paulo

By Lucas Veloso • Translation by Adrian Hooper • December 15, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Dance instructor Buba Rodrigues, 32, is a victim of the pandemic. He became unemployed during quarantine […]

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