25 August 2021
Americas & the Caribbean
19 August 2021
Photograph of Szalavitz by Ash Fox, courtesy of Hachette Books
27 July 2021
Safer injection equipment. Source: Todd Huffman, Wikimedia Commons.
6 July 2021
Needle exchange supplies. Source: Wikimedia Commons
6 July 2021
Congressman Osmar Terra and president Jair Bolsonaro are fierce opposers of the regulation of cannabis cultivation in Brazil. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Palácio do Planalto.
5 July 2021
Advocating for decriminalization carries many benefits, including reducing our reliance police involvement. Source: Shutterstock
30 June 2021
Bolsonaro poses with the symbol of the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE in the Portuguese acronym) of the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro in August 2020. It might be one of those strange coincidences that happen in Brazil, but the BOPE symbol bears a gruesome resemblance to the emblem of the paramilitary death squad Scuderie Detetive Le Cocq, formed in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro. BOPE was established in 1978. Also coincidentally, one of the paramilitaries who assassinated councilwoman Marielle Franco, former BOPE officer Ronnie Lessa, was officialy registered in Scuderie Detetive Le Cocq ranks. Lessa and Bolsonaro lived in the same condominium in Rio de Janeiro, and his daughter dated one of the president’s sons. Source: Palácio do Planalto/Author: Marcos Correa.
28 June 2021
Photograph of Rio de Janeiro via Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons 2.0
19 May 2021
Protests outside the White House following the death of George Floyd. Photo by Geoff Livingston, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
12 May 2021