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The Power of Performing Arts in Brazil’s Racial Resistance: Grupo Código’s Realistic and Fictional Theater in Greater Rio de Janeiro

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Annie Swank • December 21, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” Follow our Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas […]

#CoronavirusWatch

How Were People Experiencing Homelessness in Rio de Janeiro Impacted—and Assisted—This Winter?

By Beatriz Carvalho • Translation by Eduardo Antunez Rolle • October 13, 2021

Clique aqui para Português 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 […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Brazil’s Black Population Demands to Live! Black Coalition Stages ‘May 13 of Struggles’ Protest

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • May 27, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Black Coalition for Rights organizes the “May 13 of Struggles” protest against black genocide and demands justice for the Jacarezinho massacre. Neither the rain or cold, nor the pandemic, kept people […]

Cover Photo Jacarezinho Massacre
#InterventionWatch

Stop Killing Us! Jacarezinho Experiences Worst Massacre in Rio History #VoicesFromSocialMedia

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • May 8, 2021

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. In broad daylight, broadcasted by media […]

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 […]

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