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Lionel Messi celebrates with fans after Argentina won the FIFA World Cup championship in 2022 in Qatar. Michael Regan-FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

When big sports events expand, like FIFA’s 2026 World Cup matches across North America, their climate footprint expands too

Sports face a sustainability challenge: They’re under pressure to grow, but more travel means more emissions that add to rising global temperatures. The NCAA is also weighing expanding March Madness.
Protesters wave the Mexican flag in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans

White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags – and even US flags – during protests.
These ‘pez diablo,’ or devil fish, are actually guitarfishes that have been caught, killed, dried and carved into exotic shapes. Bryan Huerta-Beltrán

Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.
The country of origin – Mexico – is noted on the label of a package of Campari tomatoes for sale in the produce section of a Safeway grocery store on March 4, 2025, in Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski

Tomato trade dispute between the US and Mexico is boiling over again – with 21% tariffs due in July

Tomatoes are at the heart of a long-brewing controversy, driven by increasing imports and decreasing domestic production.
Miles Taylor, center, a Homeland Security official during the first Trump administration, wrote an op-ed in September 2018 that criticized Trump. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Cultivating obedience: Using the Justice Department to attack former officials consolidates power and deters dissent

Trump’s use of the Justice Department to target political opponents goes beyond revenge − it deters current officials from defying the president.
A Mexican journalist holds a placard saying ‘They are killing us’ during a protest demanding more protection for media professionals held in Acapulco, October 2020. David Guzman Gonzalez/EPA-EFE

How state agents target journalists while governments claim to protect them – stark warnings from Mexico and Honduras

National and local governments are thought to be responsible for almost half of all attacks on journalists in both countries.

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