With democracy under threat, journalism has to change, researcher says
Political leaders engage in anti-democratic communication to play in the attention economy, Joshua M. Scacco
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The most interacted-with posts on social media contradict trustworthy information about the public’s voting intentions
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According to Harvard researchers, free and politically active women are a threat to authoritarian leaders
Why Brazil Is Excavating An Infamous Torture Center 40 Years Later
An archaeological project are trying to recover the country's painful history of torture during the military regime
Climate change threatens Indigenous farming and cultures in the Brazilian Amazon
Floods, unpredictable seasons, and rising temperatures directly affect Indigenous people's food security
Probe Finds Brazil’s Religious Homeschooling Groups Encourage Corporal Punishment
Brazil's religious homeschooling groups are giving parents instructions on how to spank their children
Communities in Brazil’s adopt new strategies in fight against desertification
In Brazil’s semi-arid northeast, family farmers are using technology and collective resource management to fight climate change and environmental degradation
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How The Trump Universe Is Backing Bolsonaro’s Reelection Bid In Brazil
Gettr has sponsored conservative conferences in Brazil ahead of October’s presidential elections
Eliesio Marubo: ‘We need the state to maintain a presence in the region’
Brazilian lawyer after indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips be found dead on June 15
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s Last Journey
A suspect has admitted to killing the journalist and Indigenous expert while they were reporting in the Amazon. Agência Pública retraces the steps of their final trip
Case of journalist Rubens Valente reveals new censorship and puts press freedom at risk
“It is an attack on freedom of expression and information”, says journalist, condemned by STJ and STF for the publication of the book “Operação Banqueiro”
The hidden marketing machine behind Brazil’s food delivery giant
How iFood used social media to undermine workers’ labor organizing efforts
Brazilian youth fight to decolonize climate justice
Activists from Brazil’s urban peripheries are among the hardest hit by the climate crisis, and they are becoming increasingly active in the fight against it
Canadian miners get high-level lobbying boost for Brazilian Amazon projects
Bank Forbes & Manhattan appears to be aided in pushing its mining interests in Brazil thanks to lobbying efforts by an old army acquaintance of the country’s vice president
Brazil: “I skip meals so I can feed my children”
Single mothers who raise their families alone were hit face on by the loss of jobs and income; women are always the last to eat
Exports of threatened species’ timber boomed under Bolsonaro, probe finds
An investigation begun in May this year by the Brazilian Federal Police highlighted “a major scheme facilitating the smuggling of rainforest products
Capoeiristas from one of Brazil’s biggest groups denounce their masters for sexual crimes
Leaders from the renowned capoeira group Cordão de Ouro, which has accredited schools in more than thirty countries, accused of abusing children and adolescents since the 1970s
Brazil Cattle Linked to Accused Drug Trafficker Sold to Major Companies
João Soares Rocha, who, according to the Federal Police, used cattle-raising to launder money made from drugs, is also involved in slave labour, illegal deforestation and homicide
U.S. and Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals and deforestation in Brazil
The company BrasilAgro has been under investigation since 2016 — the beneficiaries range from Argentine ranchers to US pension funds and the Bank of New York
‘Throw them overboard’: Brazil mine disaster victims bullied over compensation
Communities awaiting compensation from the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history say they’re being stymied by a convoluted legal process that favors those responsible
Brazil: politicians distribute fake Covid-19 cures
Brazilian mayors peddling 'cures' ahead of November elections
Damares’ disciples: female evangelicals increasing presence in Brazilian politics
Damares Alves, Brazil’s minister for women, the family and human rights, has inspired a new generation of conservative Christian women to run for public office
