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On the brink
Brazil
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Brazil is backsliding. Politicians, businesses and voters must act before it is too late, says Sarah Maslin
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Brazil
The captain and his country
Brazil is backsliding. Politicians, businesses and voters must act before it is too late, says Sarah Maslin
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Twelve months on
Race in America
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How it confronts ethnic divisions matters to multiracial democracies everywhere
- Race in America: America is becoming less racist but more divided by racism
- African-Americans: Millions of African-Americans remain stuck
- White Americans: White Americans are beginning to realise that they too belong to a race
- Anti-discrimination policies: How to design anti-discrimination policies that actually work
- Racial categories: Racial categorisation has grown more complex in America
- Reparations: Reparations alone will not heal America’s racial divides
- The future: Overt racism may be waning in America, but its scars remain deep