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5 July 2024
This month we have a drink with Benjamim, the artist with as many identities as stories to tell.
10 November 2025
This week, the Invisible Finger went to the Lower Alentejo region to explore the behind-the-scenes of Futurama, where tradition and innovation go hand in hand.
April 24th 2025
April 25th Special: Two distinct generations talk about the values of the revolution
19 December 2024
Lugar Comum is made up of unique people who tell us about what matters to everyone.
27 2025 October
Faced with failing public services and high private costs, alternatives are sought. With kits purchased online, home insemination is performed improvised and without any medical supervision. Social media facilitates the search for donors and potential insemination, creating a complex environment where risk coexists with goodwill. Health organizations warn of the risk of disease transmission, injuries, and even legal problems associated with an unregulated practice.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
Being young today is substantially different than it was a few decades ago. The concept of youth is not static and is linked to the surrounding social and cultural dynamics. Aspects such as demographics, geography, education, and family context influence current and future lives. The latter has been increasingly conditioned by the housing crisis and job insecurity, exacerbating inequalities, which worries experts.
JUNE 02, 2025
In 2010, in Portugal, marriage lost its heteronormative connotation. The National Assembly voted positively on the proposed law that recognized LGBTQI+ unions as legitimate. Same-sex marriage became legal. The legitimacy brought by civil unions helped to demystify prejudices and combat homophobia. For many couples, it is still a necessary political statement. The fight is not over, they say, since discrimination has not yet disappeared.
MAY 12, 2025
In recent years, there has been a growing trend in Europe towards criminalising climate activism, with authorities using new laws and legal proceedings to stop environmental protests. Portugal is not immune to this phenomenon: from symbolic actions on the streets of Lisbon to blockades of infrastructure, several Portuguese climate activists have faced arrests and formal charges – including heavy fines – for exercising their right to protest.
