Curitiba: beyond the myth of the perfect city
Curitiba is known around the world for innovative urban planning and European heritage. During a speech at the World Social Forum, however, Carol Dartora …
Benedita da Silva’s 50 year fight for racial justice
The veteran congresswoman and civil rights leader speaks about her role in the 2020 municipal elections and the record number of newly elected Afro-Brazilian …
Interview: Bruna Rodrigues and the fight against necropolitics
When we say that black lives matter we are saying that we can no longer accept the fact that 83 young black men die …
Justice for João Alberto! Protesters attack Carrefour store in São Paulo
The murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre triggered mass protests on Black Consciousness Day, as Vice …
Alcântara: Bolsonaro’s Illegal Plan to Expropriate Afro-Brazilian land for Trump deal
Amid a pandemic, quilombo communities around the Alcântara spaceport face an illegal and unnecessary land-grab for a space technology deal between the Trump and …
Pandemic, Racism and Indigenous / Black Genocide in Brazil: Coronavirus and Extermination Policy
By Felipe Milanez and Samuel Vida Tragedies are always socially unequal and expose in a striking way historically constructed inequalities, for example in the …
Interview with Preta Ferreira, Political Prisoner
“The fact that I am a black woman and influence other people to demand their constitutional rights is outrageous to them. Who is going …
Marielle Franco would have turned 40 today
500 days after the socialist city councilwoman’s assassination, the people who ordered her killing are still at large On Saturday, July 27th, Congressman Marcelo …
Interview: PSOL’s Andreia de Jesus
Born in Venda Nova district of Belo Horizonte, Andreia de Jesus, is a lawyer, educator, public employee and a State Representative for PSOL. Patrick …
62,500 murders: most violent year in Brazilian history
New data shows homicides increased during coup year of 2016. Most victims were Afro-Brazilian males. By Brian Mier Wednesday, June 6 marked the release of …