CBC News reported on the World Cup and Team Iran's arrival in Los Angeles — a potential collision of geopolitics and sports in an area with a large Iranian diaspora. "You've never had two countries engaged in active military conflict matching up against each other, competing in the same tournament," said Salma Mousa, a UCLA assistant professor of political science who is also affiliated with the Bedari Kindness Institute. Mousa, who studies the intersection of sports and conflicts, worries that a potential July 3 face-off between Iran and the U.S. in Texas might “increase tensions to kind of a cataclysmic degree.” Read more about UCLA in today’s Washington Times.
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“Birth rates are down, immigration rates have decreased, and more parents are opting to homeschool their children,” said Tyrone Howard, a UCLA education professor specializing in racial equity. “There are fewer Latino immigrants to America, a huge part of the population coming to the U.S. over the past several decades.”
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