No freedom gold medal for you, Olympics

Headlines From The Times · Feb 3, 2022 · 29m

There’s a growing realization that the brilliance of the world’s best athletes isn’t enough anymore to cover some glaring problems that come with putting on the Olympics every two years.The International Olympics Committee has always claimed the Games are about promoting goodwill and celebrating the brotherhood of mankind. But as it turns out, not only do Olympics not do that, they tend to make democratic states… more authoritarian.So what does that mean for the Games coming to Los Angeles in 2028?Guests: Human Rights Watch China Director Sophie Richardson, and Pacific University political…