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Atlanta’s Truist Park, like many sports venues, got public funding, but the new stadium has had no measurable effect on the local economy, research shows. Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images

Cities keep shelling out taxpayer money for sports stadiums, yet the economics almost never makes sense

Communities almost never see a boost in job or income growth after taxpayers subsidize a new sports facility.
A gallery worker works with an artwork titled ‘World Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution’ alongside other posters by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s Cuba report borrowed heavily from my book on an anti‑imperialist movement – but twisted the arguments

The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
The American alligator has meant many things to Americans, at times prized for its hide, adopted as a mascot and weaponized as a slur. YLLA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz

The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.
Sargassum littered beaches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in spring 2023, making a mess during spring break. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self‑sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.
In the days immediately following the earthquakes, neighbors came together to search for survivors. picture alliance/picture alliance via Getty Images

Earthquakes in Venezuela expose a severely under‑resourced and unprepared healthcare system

Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare system was like before the disaster.
Florida’s population continues to grow, but the current growth rate may not be enough to support the state budget if the proposed amendment to property taxes passes. Robert Daly/OJO Images via Getty Images

Florida’s proposed property tax cuts rely on a population boom that has slowed dramatically

Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.

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