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Hunger Is a Feminine Noun, Part 4: Cuts to Social Programs Make Women Victims

By Cristina Alves, Regina Eleutério • Translation by Dylan Blau Edelstein • July 31, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Cristina Alves and Regina Eleutério published by Agência Pública click here for the series and here for the article. This is the fourth and final article […]

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Hunger Is a Feminine Noun, Part 1: Sleeping to Forget Hunger

By Elvira Lobato • Translation by Tara Mittelberg • June 25, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Elvira Lobato published by Agência Pública click here and here. Angelina Nunes, Claudia Lima, and Cristina Alves contributed reporting. Photographs by Ana Lúcia Araújo. […]

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Public Education in the U.S. and Brazil: 9 Reflections and Lessons from the L.A. Teachers Strike

By Suzanne Caflisch • March 7, 2019

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 […]

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Some on the Right, Some on the Left: Favela Residents Get the Short End of the Stick [OPINION]

By Michel Silva • Translation by Sharon Gogar • October 18, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Michel Silva published by Favela em Pauta, click here. It hasn’t been easy to understand the polarization of Brazilian political debate in recent years. Recently, […]

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National Museum Tragedy Reveals New Offensive Against Public Institutions of Science and Tech

By Alexandre Fortes • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman • September 5, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Over the course of the week, RioOnWatch will be publishing a series of notes on the tragic fire that destroyed the National Museum this past Sunday. The following note was posted on […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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