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And most of the residents of [Rio], who live without even minimal services, watched billions and billions of dollars being spent on stadiums that won’t be used and buildings that will now be sold at great profit, while their minimal, meager social programs will now be cut by a government that was never elected.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald on life in Rio after the Olympics. Read the full interview: Greenwald: The Olympics May Be Over, But the Anger, Disillusionment Among Brazilians Remains High

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Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics

A new article in the medical journal The Lancet projects by 2085, only eight cities in the hemisphere outside of Western Europe would be cool enough to host the Games, including just three in North America: Calgary, Vancouver and San Francisco. The list of cities where it could be too hot is staggering: Istanbul, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest, Tokyo, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles—and the list goes on.

We spoke with UC Berkeley professor Kirk Smith, lead author of the article in The Lancet, on his findings. Watch and read the interview: Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics

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[In] Rio, which is one of the most dangerous cities in the Western world, one out of five homicides are committed by police. Relative to a year ago, police killings are up 135 percent.

Dave Zirin, sports writer for The Nation, has covered Brazil’s political and economic crisis amid preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Read the full interview: Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: 2016 Rio Olympics Begin with Government Dysfunction & Police Violence

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