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Necropolitics in Rio: When Public Safety Becomes State Murder
Over a hundred dead in a single raid expose what Rio still calls order: a colonial logic that turns public security into state-sanctioned sacrifice.
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Dispatches from the now-now.
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The Amazon Is Hosting the World. The Ocean Is Hosting the Rigs.
Everyone’s preaching climate salvation — meanwhile, the oil rigs are already warming up offshore. A love letter to planetary contradiction.
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Danke: The Chocolate Empire and the Blood on Bahia’s Soil
Paradise as product — how speculation, silence, and militias rewrite Indigenous maps.
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Portugal's Drought Solution: Cut Water to Farmers, Build More Golf Courses
Satellite data shows 300 hectares gone. Officials approved it all. Here's how.
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From Livros to Likes: São Paulo Just Lost a Sanctuary to the Algorithm
São Paulo’s most iconic bookstore is being replaced by a YouTube Theater. The algorithm isn’t just on your screen anymore—it’s taking over Avenida Paulista.
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Greenpeace vs JBS: Defending the Forest, Defending Democracy
Greenpeace Wins Landmark Case Against JBS in Brazil, a Victory for Protest and the Amazon.
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Brazil’s Biggest Bank, Your Smallest Move: The Rise of Algorithmic Firing
When Brazil’s biggest bank posts record profits but sacks staff for “idle screens,” what does productivity even mean?
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Jail is justice — but Brazil’s far right is far from finished.
To uproot Bolsonarismo, the left must dismantle the conditions that allowed authoritarianism to flourish.
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Immigrants Fought Portugal’s Fires. The Far Right Lit a Different One.
As migrant brigades risked their lives, André Ventura rolled up his sleeves for Instagram.
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Portugal’s Disinformation Problem Is About Power, Not Migrants
False claims about migrants are spreading faster than truth. This isn’t about schools or services. It’s about who gets to control the story.
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Private Forests, Public Flames: Portugal's Deadly Fire Cycle
How decades of forest policy turned private profit into public catastrophe.
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COP30: Recycling the Rhetoric, Dumping the People
While world leaders rehearse speeches about saving the Amazon, Brazil is quietly preparing to bury its climate shame—literally—on top of quilombola communities. Welcome to COP30. Don’t forget your biodegradable lanyard.