Pueblo y Poder investigates the costs and benefits of the Paris Olympics and whether global sporting events are worth the effort.
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are seen by many in France as an international triumph and a showcase for the country.
Officials who sold the $6.9 billion project to French citizens (already $2 billion over budget) also promised that it would bring new housing and economic opportunities to run-down neighborhoods, beautify Paris and clean up the Seine's polluted water, making it possible to swim in the river for the first time since the 1920s.
But people have lost their homes, neighborhoods and parks to the construction, and many homeless migrants are being bused to more rural areas, while surveillance techniques deployed to secure the Olympics threaten civil liberties.
As the games approach, The power of the people Investigate the benefits and costs of the Paris Olympics.
