Inside Big Tech’s playbook to halt media compensation laws
Meta and Google lobbied in Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and Australia with threats, deals and campaigns
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How Big Tech Killed Brazil’s “Fake News Bill”
Bill 2630 reshaped ties between tech and the far right, exposing lobbying tactics used to fight regulation
How Big Tech’s “Invisible Hand” Reaches Latin American Regulators
Via global orgs, law firms & lobbyists, big corporations shape rules to block or alter regulation in their favor
Trump Seems to be Planning a Coup for the 2026 U.S. Congressional Elections
Electoral map changes, Jan 6 releases, and Nat'l Guard use signal a shift toward an authoritarian agenda
Trump’s Plan to Win the 2026 US Elections Include Gerrymandering
President Defends Gerrymandering of Electoral Districts in States Like Texas,
While His Popularity Drops
A city celebrates its Confederate past, burying its ties to slavery
Records indicate that Santa Bárbara d’Oeste had more than 200 enslaved people
Trump Sinks in Opinion Polls While Imposing Tariffs on Brazil
U.S. Citizens disapprove of Trump’s economic and migration policies; approval is lowest in history.
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Towns awash with oil royalties are still among the poorest in Brazil
Politicians promised Brazilian to benefit, but in some oil towns, one in four still live below the poverty line
Brazil’s Key MAGA Ally Linked to Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Jailed Chinese Billionaire
Court records reveal Paulo Figueiredo's alleged connection to a high-profile bankruptcy case
Devastation Bill: Brazil’s Congress Hands Trump a Perfect Excuse to Retaliation
Representatives once again change a law in defiance of science; they didn't learn that denialism comes at a cost
Epstein Files Cause First Major Crisis in Donald Trump’s Coalition
Trump rose on a conspiracy tied to a sex crime case - once elected, he broke his promise to reveal the truth
How Trump’s trade war with Brazil serves Big Tech’s interests
Report by lobby group representing Google, Meta and Amazon may have influenced US investigation into Brazil trade rules
Trump’s Trillion Dollar Budget Bill vs. Mamdani’s New York Electoral Win
While the president increase debt to deport immigrants, a socialist points to another path for the country
Brazil’s last asbestos miners are switching to rare earth minerals
The small city of Minaçu is hoping to challenge China’s dominance for minerals key to the green energy transition
My family is in Tehran. When will I hear from them again?
Pública’s developer expresses anguish over family members in Tehran under Israeli bombardment
Greta On Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla Is Still All About Climate Justice — And Justice Itself
Greta Thunberg links environmental destruction to political violence, citing Gaza as a war against nature
Trump, Musk and the End of a Beautiful Bromance
The president of the United States and the richest man in the world fight in public: what this means for the future
New environmental licensing will build a power plant in the Cerrado and demolish a school
New licensing eases thermoelectric plant near Brasília — but a rural school stands in the way
How the Grandson of a Dictator Lobbies for Sanctions Against Brazil in the U.S.
Florida-based and federally charged, Bolsonaro ally Paulo Figueiredo campaigns in the U.S. against Brazil's top court
In Brazil, a new test reveals misidentified torture victim from the dictatorship period
In April, Brazil identified two men who were buried in a mass grave used the military regime
What young Indigenous Brazilians think about climate change
The sun burns, the rivers run dry, and crops disappear: the climate crisis is rewriting daily life for Indigenous people
