Rio de Janeiro鈥檚 Port Zone was once the largest slave port in the Americas. As developers work to 鈥渞evitalize鈥 the area, Black activists are fighting to retain the remnants of the district鈥檚 historical significance.
Brazilian women are breaking into politics by joining together in collective candidacies, which allow politicians to build stronger coalitions and push for progressive change.
The police killing of Jo茫o Pedro Mattos Pinto, a 14-year-old Black Brazilian in Rio de Janeiro, unmasked the scope of police brutality amid a pandemic and led to an unprecedented court decision.