Clique aqui para Português In 2017, the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, created the Division of Special Affairs (DAE) within its Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights. The […]
Clique aqui para Português Be it anonymous, from activists, soccer players or artists, the sentiment that echoes in the streets and on digital platforms is a single one: #JusticeForMoïse. The murder of the young Congolese […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a five-part series, published in Portuguese by favela-based online magazine Favela em Pauta and titled “Brazils: Stories of the Periphery in the Pandemic.” Each essay […]
Clique aqui para Português Mariza Reis Almeida had already worked for the Duque de Caxias Municipal Education Secretariat in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region for ten years when she finally received the news she […]