Brazil

Demonstrators took the streets across Brazil this weekend to protest the killing of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a…

Let’s begin with a prayer:

Black people in the U.S. are dying from coronavirus at a rate higher than any other demographic, and at almost 3…

When I was at SXSW last week, outside of openly questioning how black people are expected to survive in a world…

Black Lives Matter protests broke out in at least five different cities in Brazil last weekend following the death…

Just prior to the release of its Spring Fashion Issue, Vogue Brazil suddenly finds itself without a style editor, as…

More than two weeks after the assassination of Marielle Franco, an Afro-Brazilian politician who had staunchly…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated.

Black Panther has inspired the Diaspora in myriad ways. The film has been applauded by black people across the world…

Thomaz Vieira Gomes has been described as one of the “most notorious criminals” in Rio de Janeiro by the…

The United States isn’t the only country with a bad case of “blackface.”

Sheryland Neal wanted to be a Deusa do Ébano—an “Ebony Goddess,” in Portuguese.

Thaisa Moreira Xavier met her husband in a Facebook group.

Candomblé priestess Carmen Flores was leaving her house three months ago when seven armed men confronted her.

A few weeks ago, Dove captured the prize for the dumbest marketing campaign, and this week, a Brazilian brand of…

We know that the largest number of black people in the Western Hemisphere— and the most outside of Africa—live in…

In the next few weeks, Aug. 5-21, the city of Rio de Janeiro is going to host the 31st Olympic Games. Like a mother…

I'm an avid soccer fan. Well, let me rephrase. I'm a fan of playing soccer and watching every four years when the…