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[ January 17, 2022 ] Looking at the Past Is Ancestral Technology: How Does Memory Strengthen the Future of Black Women? by Community Contributors
[ January 12, 2022 ] Science Education and Black Identity in Brazil: Where are the Black Women in STEM? [PODCAST] *Highlight
[ January 4, 2022 ] Outside Rio, Municipality of Itaguaí Tears Down Homes Despite Brazil Supreme Court Ruling Banning Evictions Due to Pandemic #CoronavirusWatch
[ December 28, 2021 ] 2020 World Habitat Awards Celebrate Housing Projects in Pakistan, the UK and Latin America #HousingWatch
[ December 27, 2021 ] City Tears Down Protective Wall and Exposes Camorim Quilombo Archaeological Site #GentrificationWatch

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Young Leading Human Rights Defenders from Favelas Talk About Marielle Franco

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Jiselle Steele • April 9, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Matias Maxx published on VICE click here. VICE spoke to black activists and communicators, women, and transgender people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro […]

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Olympic Park Construction Prevents Candomblé Practitioner from Going Home [IMAGES]

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 18, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Matias Maxx in Portuguese published in VICE click here. Heloísa Helena Costa Berto, Luizinha of Nanã, is an Afro-Brazilian who has devoted herself to candomblé for over 40 years. […]