Paramilitary Games
When I first spoke with Dirce, she heaved a big sigh. I had called to ask if I could interview ...
Disarming Brazil: Lessons and Challenges
In the film Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore set up the audience to be shocked by statistics of gun deaths ...
The Beautiful Game? Race and Class in Brazilian Soccer
Soccer has become so rooted in Brazil that it’s hard to believe that when the ball first rolled upon the ...
Rio Drug Gangs Forge a Fragile Security
When armed robbers assaulted her store in Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo neighborhood and cleaned out her entire inventory of eyeglasses ...
Reform in Rio: Reconsidering the Myths of Crime and Violence
In April 2003, Brazil’s media convulsed with shocking and conflicting images, as they struggled to define new public debates on ...
