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Lisbon: From Slave Port to Summit Stage
The Black Europeans Lisbon Summit forces Portugal to confront the history it has long silenced — and the racism that still shapes the present.
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Cracks in the code where resistance blooms.
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Flamengo on Trial: Racism, Football, and the Price of a Nation’s Game
A R$100 million lawsuit shows how Flamengo embodies the contradiction of Brazilian football: diverse on the pitch, exclusive off it.
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Teen Scientist Just Punked Big Plastic: Cassava!
How a school science project from Brazil could flip the script on packaging waste.
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Renato Freitas: The Outsider Curitiba Can’t Ignore
Tracing the unpolished, improbable rise of a politician who doesn’t know how to bow.
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Behind the Glass: Brazil's Cultural Funding Mirrors Its Colonial Blueprint
Suffocated in the storefront, the real Brazil resists in rhythm, verse, and absence.
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Gavião Kyikatejê and the Long Road to Recognition
In the heart of the Amazon, Brazil's first professional Indigenous football club is proving that belonging in the beautiful game isn't about assimilation—it's about authenticity.
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Healing the Divide: Cannabis, Class, and Justice in Modern Brazil
Why Brazil's cannabis future may be written in union halls, not government offices.
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A Flag Too Real for the Republic: Art, Censorship, and the Colonial Wound
By replacing “Order and Progress” with “KilomboAldeya,” artist Matheus Ribs didn’t just redesign Brazil’s flag—he exposed the fragile scaffolding of the nation’s historical narrative.
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The Silent Ride: What the Tour de France Won’t Show You
As millions cheer for yellow jerseys in Europe, unsponsored riders in Mozambique pedal through dust and distance—carrying medicine, dreams, and the weight of survival.
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Gold for Goa, Porcelain for Pemba: From Empire’s Depths to People’s Hands
From colonial seabeds to schoolbooks and syringes: $95 million in pirate treasure to fund futures once denied.
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The Delivery Man Is Not the Problem: Portugal’s Hypocritical Blind Spot
While migrant workers deliver dinner, global elites buy the city. It’s time to shift the blame.
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From Serie C to Social Vanguard: Bahia FC’s Radical Rise
How a once broken team from Salvador became Brazil’s loudest voice for love, justice, and radical football.