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How the ‘beautiful game’ is deflecting America’s political turmoil
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Mexico fans in Chicago cheering during the World Cup match between Mexico and England on July 5.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Matthew Purdy, Jazmine Ulloa and Matthew Cullen
On Sundays, protesters in the United States assemble on the corner near the ACME Hot and Fresh T-shirts store in Lawrence, Kansas, incensed by an expanding array of causes: the Iran war, the war in the Gaza Strip, the White House, immigration enforcement.
The protests draw honking horns of approval and the occasional jeers from the other sides of the debates.