Why U.S. data forms are adding new race and ethnicity options Amanda Sahar d’Urso - April 5, 2024 Many Americans welcome the shift in how the government tallies people of Hispanic/Latino and MENA descent.
Qatar is taking the heat for FIFA corruption Dan Hough - November 20, 2022 Investigations into FIFA’s actions reveal the global soccer organization has a long history of bribery and money-laundering. Will that change?
Why are so many police and military candidates running in Brazil? Isabel Laterzo - October 2, 2022 For Brazilian voters, crime and violence are top concerns. But the jump in law enforcement officials across the ballot may not ease the high homicide rate.
Bolsonaro has tried to load the dice for the 2022 election in Brazil Fernando Bizzarro - October 2, 2022 Will the government’s cash handouts and changes to the rules boost his reelection chances?
Congress passed an important anti-lynching bill. But the U.S. is still fertile ground for vigilantes. Regina Bateson - March 11, 2022 Despite popular fascination with figures from the Lone Ranger to Batman, vigilantes are never simply trying to protect public safety
A Brazilian Senate panel accused Bolsonaro of helping spread coronavirus. Our research shows his influence. Isabel Laterzo and Claire Dunn - November 16, 2021 Not just Bolsonaro but state governors too affected the virus’s spread.
Brazil’s president is rallying his base — so that he can expand his power Mollie Cohen, Matthew L. Layton, Mason Moseley, and Amy Erica Smith - May 11, 2021 Our research finds that voters may encourage democratically elected leaders to undermine democracy
Brazilians firmly rejected many local candidates their president had backed Benjamin Bradlow - December 9, 2020 The big test for Bolsonaro comes in 2022
Thousands of Brazilian candidates ‘switched’ racial identities this year Andrew Janusz - December 8, 2020 Three things to know about Brazil’s local elections in 2020
While Brazil’s president fights social distancing, its public health system is fighting the pandemic Jessica A.J. Rich - May 3, 2020 Brazil’s public health movement transformed the country’s constitution and its bureaucracy. Can it protect citizens from the pandemic?