Brazilian Protestors Suggest: ‘Call Me a Cup, and Invest in Me”

by Aura Bogado on June 19 2013, 11:53AM

Hundreds of people are protesting Brazil’s neglect of basic public infrastructure.

Topics: Global Affairs, /NOW

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World Cup: France No Match For Integration

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on July 7 2010, 8:15PM

Reaction to the team’s implosion revealed just how tense race relations have grown.

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Remembrance: Soweto Massacre and Bloody Sunday

by Michelle Chen on June 16 2010, 9:43AM

This week brings somber remembrances of two acts of massive brutality that occurred about a generation ago on opposite ends of the hemisphere. Both incidents exposed the shame of racial or ethnic strife under colonization, both galvanized radical social movements…

Topics: Global Affairs

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FIFA’s World Cup Having a Ball With Child Labor

by Michelle Chen on June 11 2010, 10:42AM

South Africa is the center of world this week, kicking off the first-ever World Cup Games on the African continent. But as the cameras pan across green fields and lavish festivities, labor activists are keeping their eye on the ball….

Topics: Global Affairs

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