WTF did you do in Brazil, Volkswagen?

This issue includes all the bad stuff Volkswagen did in Brazil and Australia's Mabo Day aka when white people legally recognized that they were not the first people living there. Plus: More good news than bad ones! Bolivia's ex-president is now in jail, Malaysia's laws won't automatically kill you for using drugs anymore, Thailand is getting friendlier with marijuana, Algeria's not friends with Spain any longer and Türkiye's internet freedom is not doing well, and so much more.

Australia remembered that they were not the first people on the island

On Mabo Day on June 3, the country celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Mabo Decision.

I have no clue what any of that meant. Please explain.
Lol. In other words, last week, Australia celebrated that 30 years ago, in 1992, the (white part of the) country legally recognized for the first time that there were, in fact, people living in Australia before British settlers came to the island, and -- this is the important part -- that this land belongs to the Indigenous people of Australia. The decision is also known as 'the Mabo Decision'. On Mabo Day each year, the country celebrates this part of Australian history.

Who are the Indigenous people of Australia?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They are the world's oldest surviving culture.

Did you know:
Before the European invasion in 1788, there were more than 250 Indigenous nations in 'Australia'? If you want to know more, check out the map of Indigenous Australia on The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies website.

Why is it called Mabo Decision or Mabo Day?
It's named after an Indigenous man named Eddie "Koiki" Mabo, a Meriam man from the Torres Strait. Watch him talk about his people's history.

Together with four other Meriam people -- Reverend David Passi, Sam Passi, James Rice and Celuia Mapo Sale -- Eddie Mabo began legal action in the High Court of Australia in 1982, and continued their struggle for recognition for 10 long years. (Tragically, Eddie Mabo passed away five months before the High Court's decision.)

Mabo Day is part of National Reconciliation Week every year. Mabo's grandson on SBS recently was like, 'make it a public holiday.'

What is National Reconciliation Week all about?
During that week, the country focuses on "building respectful, positive relationships between the broader Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples," or so it says on the State Library of Queensland's website in a How-To-Share-NRW-With-Your-Kid article.

Okay, cool. I want to know more about Eddie Mabo though.
I got you. There's a whole podcast about him: Hi, I'm Eddie was launched last week on Mabo Day 2022. In this series, host Rhianna Patrick takes you on a journey to get to know Eddie Mabo and the case to understand the legacy he left behind.

If you want to know more about his people, the Torres Strait, check outReTold, a collection of some myths and legends of the Torres Strait Islander people, retold by none other than community members themselves. I recommend the story of Doker told by Isaac Charlie in the language Kala Lagaw Ya on Badu Island.

Why this matters:
Unfortunately, things just didn't get magically better for Indigenous people in Australia after...