December 8, 2015
In the neighborhood of Madureira in Rio de Janeiro, people protest the killing of 5 young Black men that occured on November 28 at the hands of police, calling for an end to this new form of 'Black Genocide.'
November 24, 2015
Of the four million Africans brought to Brazil as Slaves, only Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua wrote down his story. The memoir, first published in English when Baquaqua was a free man in Canada, will now be published in Protuguese as part of the drive to improve teaching of Afro-Brazilian history.
November 19, 2015
November 18, 2015 - women in Rio participate in the Black Women's March against racism, violence, as well as for the well-being and social respect on behalf of the 59.4 million women that identify as Black or mixed-race throughout Brazil.
November 17, 2015
In the mining state of Minas Gerais, a slow-moving tide of toxic iron-ore residue is traveling downriver polluting water systems and destroying protected biospheres as it makes its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
November 12, 2015
Large infrastructure projects are underway across the city to prepare Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 summer Olympics. However, this type of development does not serve to resolve the urban concerns of the citizentry.
November 10, 2015
Preparations for Olympic Park are underway in Rio de Janeiro. What have been the effects on local communities of getting the city ready to host the 2016 Olympic Games?
November 5, 2015
The "Instituto Lixo Zero Brasil" recently organized the first zero waste week in Rio de Janeiro to raise awarness on waste management across the city.
November 3, 2015
Brazil's economic crisis brings about changes to science research funding as the Party pushes for higher-impact science.
October 29, 2015
A new study looks at the living conditions in Brazil's "Minha Casa Minha Vida" housing program and its effects on residents.
October 26, 2015
Brazil continues to struggle to right its own wrongs committed during its 21 year dictatorship in the specific case of the atrocities suffered by people in Xambioá, Brazil.
October 22, 2015
Historic inequalities in the city's urban planning concepts perpetuate a socioeconomic segregation and unequal access to health in Rio de Janeiro.
October 19, 2015
Brazil's Unified Health Care System, or SUS, provides an innovative community-based approach to primary care. Yet it continues to face significant organizational challenges even with substantial gains. Read this week's first installment at the Brazil Initiative on public health in Brazil.
October 15, 2015
As China and Brazil move towards creating a stronger economic alliance, meeting China's demand for raw goods is having a heavy impact on the problem of deforestation in Brazil.
October 13, 2015
As globalization and development continue their courses, today's giant cities face the ever growing difficulty of securing and managing water resources. This article by Norman Gill puts this issue into a comparative perspective, putting São Paulo into conversation with places like Beijing, Mumbai and Mexico City. This is the first in this week's installment of articles on sustainability and development in Brazil, one of our 6 key areas of engagement. Stay tuned for more!
October 8, 2015
Brazil's new musical sitcom "Mr. Brau" will be defying long perpetuated racial steriotypes in the country's entertainment industry by featuring actors Taís Araújo and Lázaro Ramos as a prominent Black middle-class couple living in Rio de Janeiro.
October 5, 2015
A video shot by cellphone shows police in Rio de Janeiro covered up a crime scene in the shooting of Eduardo Santos in the favela Providencia. This is the first in this week's installment of news stories from Brazil on the subject of race and ethnicity.
June 5, 2015
This international symposium on Brazilian political history is a collaboration between Casa Rui Barbosa, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brown University and EHESS from Paris, France.
February 2, 2015
Dr. Amy Nunn of Brown University, and her Brazilian research partner Dr. Ines Dourado from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) have come out with a report detailing the activities of their public health project in Brazil. The report explains the specifics of the collaboration, the student training involved and the articles and publications that have come out of their important work.