Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics
Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
USA Lets Athletes Cheat With Steroids, as It Accuses Russia & China of Violating Anti-Doping Rules
The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia…
The Olympic Refugee Team Was an Inspiration — And a Tragedy
If the U.S. can do its part to help these athletes return home safely, that would beat any medal.
US Medalist’s Experience of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village Bolsters Case for Medicare for All
By Edward Carver / Common Dreams U.S. Olympic rugby player Ariana Ramsey became a sensation on social media this week after documenting a series of free healthcare visits in the…
French Police Arrest Journalists Covering Anti-Olympics Activism
Two journalists on a critical tour of the Olympics with the activist group Saccage 24 were arrested and interrogated by Parisian police, along with one activist. Is the Olympics destroying…
AI Mass Surveillance at Paris Olympics
A legal scholar's perspective on the security boon and privacy nightmare
Sparing the Athletes: Revising the Russia-Belarus Sporting Ban
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Collateral damage? Deserving and worthy of their punishment? The exclusion and banishment of Russian and Belarusian athletes has become the acceptable prejudice of many governments…
Organizers Don’t Care That 2028 Olympics Could Be on Fire
In the face of climate catastrophe, the 2028 Olympics steam ahead unconcerned that they are making the crisis in Los Angeles County worse.
Joint Russia-China Statement Articulates United Opposition to Western Alliance
Their joint statement is a historic articulation of the major shift underway from the unipolar world that has existed since the fall of the Soviet Union.