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As LA's parks host the World Cup, the city votes to defund them
We always knew these megaevents weren't going to fix our public spaces, but we didn't expect our councilmembers to abandon them as well
What's happening with LA's World Cup?
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"You can see how the sports events coming up are definitely a risk"
There is growing concern around the absence of a cohesive human trafficking prevention strategy for LA's megaevent era
Empty stadiums, travel bans, and ICE raids
"If you want to come to the U.S. games, just know that they may harass you depending where you're from and depending on what you look like"
Where are LA's World Cup plans?
I'm forever ranting about how little we know about LA’s Olympics plans. But we know literally nothing about LA’s World Cup plans. It's next year!
"Without these workers the games will not happen"
A sternly worded letter sent on behalf of over 30,000 hospitality workers to the Los Angeles World Cup Host Committee, along with the heads of the IOC, LA28, and FIFA, urges them to endorse the Olympic wage — or there might not be any games at all