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[ May 13, 2022 ] “Integrated City?!” New Year, Same Old Politics #InterventionWatch
[ May 10, 2022 ] In an Act of Religious Racism, Arson Destroys Garden of Sacred Herbs Created by Award-Winning Activist and Candomblé Priestess *Highlight
[ May 3, 2022 ] A Multiethnic Community Land Trust With Eminent Domain: Boston’s Dudley Neighbors Incorporated *Highlight
[ April 30, 2022 ] Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2021 [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
[ April 27, 2022 ] What Does Rain Have to Do With Climate Change and How Does All This Affect Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas? #HousingWatch

A Colonial Amefrican Wound: DNA Tests Provide Clues of Black and Indigenous Ancestry in Brazil

By Gisele Moura, Julio Santos Filho, Tatiana Lima • Translation by Cristina Cortez, Sofi-Nicole Barreiro • March 21, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is the final contribution to our award-winning, year-long reporting project, Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro. Having undergone DNA ancestry tests, […]

Élida do Nascimento's Inclusion Project in Éden, in the city of São João de Meriti, distributing fresh food to residents. Photo by Élida do Nascimento

Sustainable Favela Network 3rd Annual Meet-Up, Part 7: Fresh Food, Ravengard, and 2021 Proposals

By Gisele Moura, Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Catherine Osborn • December 30, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a series covering the events of the 3rd Annual Full-Network Meet-Up of the Sustainable Favela Network, which happened online on November 7, 2020. The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) […]