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School Flight: original art by David Amen

School Flight In Relation to Race and the Pandemic in Rio de Janeiro

By Cleyton Santanna • Translation by Annie Swank • November 24, 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.” It is also part of a series created in […]

One Month Later, Water Crisis Continues to Punish Rio de Janeiro Peripheries

By Pauline Beaumont, Sofia Bazin • February 11, 2020

As political appointees rush to explain themselves, worries of privatization linger among community activists. January 3, under a smashing summer sun, with temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F), residents of the Baixada Fluminense, as well as the […]