When we imagine the earliest humans brave enough to hunt a forty-ton whale, the image that usually comes to mind is frosty and monochromatic. We tend to think of the Arctic: people wrapped in furs, ...

At least 32 people have been killed in landslides and flooding caused by heavy rain in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The two worst affected cities are Juiz de Fora, where 12 homes were swept ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A night fishing trip 30 years ago showed Brazilian public health doctor Apolo Heringer the meaning of health: a clean river full of fish — a notion ...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, Sônia Guajajara, spoke with Democracy Now! at the COP30 climate summit in Belém. She addressed criticisms of the Lula ...