The World Cup is putting America on trial
As the 2026 World Cup unfolds across the US, Canada and Mexico, America’s immigration crackdowns and travel restrictions are exposing the politics behind football’s biggest spectacle
Black News 
For a long time, sport has been sold as entertainment: a distraction from politics, rather than a reflection of it. But the World Cup has always made that distinction impossible to maintain. More than any other tournament, it places a microscope on the social and political realities of its host countries.
That is partly because the World Cup is built around national identity, which inevitably involves a degree of tribalism. Its origins were shaped by the aftermathhellip;
