Dave Zirin Gives Humanist Update On Olympics

By Worldview
Homes in the Morro Sao Carlos favela stand behind the Olympic rings during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.
Homes in the Morro Sao Carlos favela stand behind the Olympic rings during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
Homes in the Morro Sao Carlos favela stand behind the Olympic rings during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.
Homes in the Morro Sao Carlos favela stand behind the Olympic rings during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the Sambadrome venue during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo

Dave Zirin Gives Humanist Update On Olympics

By Worldview
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.

The run-up to the Rio games was filled with political intrigue surrounding the possible impeachment of embattled Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff. Human rights observers pointed to mass displacement of the poor and extrajudicial crackdowns by police and security forces. 

As the 2016 Olympic Games set to close on Sunday, we get a human rights and civil society update on the Rio games from Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation and writer and host of the Edge of Sports website and podcast