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“The Big Beautiful Game”: The 2026 World Cup in Trump’s America

Eleanor BelinfantiMarch 1, 2026February 27, 2026

As the United States prepares to host the 2026 World Cup, the tournament has become entangled in the American politics of immigration enforcement and international perception. The fatal shooting of Renée Good by the United States Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) and the administration’s hardening immigration policies have fueled fears among international fans that the games will reflect not global unity, but a new era of visible state force. In a sport defined by openness and internationalism, the tension between spectacle and exclusion now threatens to shape what the world sees when it looks at America.

The Power of Perception: In Politics, Sentiment Trumps Fact

Karla Ramirez GonzalezMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

“Bread went from $3 [in 2020] to $6.50,” said Jack Dozier (YC ‘27), a sophomore from central Virginia. “Same store, same location.” Dozier identifies the kind of inflation nearly every American voter can relate to. Economic data feels abstract. The price of bread is concrete.

Terminating Temporary Protected Status: A Lose-Lose-Lose Situation

Kathy MinApril 5, 2018July 7, 2019

“Many of them lose status and become subject to deportation or go into the underground and not have the prospects they currently have in the U.S.”

Whose Long Island? Immigrants Battle for Rights In Suburban New York

Sanoja BhaumikApril 27, 2017April 27, 2017

“In a lot of minds, Long Island is still a place for rich, white people.”

Higher Education, Politicized: American Universities Respond to Trump’s Travel Ban

William VesterMarch 2, 2017March 5, 2017

In emails sent to students, press releases, and letters sent to President Trump, universities across the nation condemned the ban with a singular voice.