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This morning’s 3-by-3 travels across a deadly Mexican election, a Uvalde victims’ lawsuit against tech giants, a pro-Palestine protest at Harvard, and more. Let’s fly!

Politics

• Civil war in Sudan is causing a genocide

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rogue group first formed by the Sudanese government, has been fighting the Sudanese military in a year-long civil war that has killed thousands and displaced millions from their homes. El Fasher is the last major city in the country’s Darfur region controlled by Sudan’s army, but it is currently under siege by RSF — who are said to be committing ethnic cleansing and war crimes against non-Arab communities and the Masalit people specifically. The UN and Human Rights Watch have indicated that Sudan’s Darfur region is at high risk of genocide, with about 15,000 people killed in the last year and 700 in the past ten days.

• Mexico’s election sees unprecedented murder

Mexico's election campaign has become its most violent ever and the western state of Guerrero has suffered the most — 200 public servants, politicians, and candidates have been killed or threatened in anticipation of the June election, with 50 victims in Guerrero. As promising candidates are “removed from the ballot by bullet,” it is the governing Morena party (a democratic left-wing party) that has been most targeted. Polls indicate that 60% of the Mexican people consider their cities unsafe, tasking those elected next week with a critical need to improve national safety and combat violence.

• Negligent fire kills 6 newborn babies in India

At least six newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Delhi's Vivek Vihar region on Saturday, with the damage being exacerbated by an exploded oxygen cylinder and limited access for rescue teams. Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed heartbreak over the tragedy, and legal action is being pursued against the hospital owner, who is on the run. This incident follows another deadly fire in Rajkot, Gujarat, where at least 27 people died at an arcade, highlighting the fatal laxity of building bylaws and safety regulations in Indian cities.

Business

• Families of Uvalde victims sue major corporations

Two years after the Uvalde school shooting claimed the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers, families of the victims have filed lawsuits against Meta, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, and gunmaker Daniel Defense — alleging they allowed gun manufacturers to advertise to minors without supervision, created an obsession for gun violence through video games, and exploited these mediums to market assault-style rifles to teenage boys like the Uvalde shooter, respectively. The lawsuits were filed by Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder (the law firm that won a $73 million settlement with rifle manufacturer Remington for its role in the 2002 Sandy Hook school shooting), pointing to the Uvalde shooter’s obsession with Instagram and Call of Duty and subsequent fixation to kill in real life. The families previously reached a $2 million settlement with the city and are now pursuing a separate lawsuit against 100 state police officers for their “botched” response to the emergency.

• South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders aim to improve ties

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have gathered in Seoul for their first trilateral summit since 2019, aiming to revitalize political and economic cooperation amidst recent allegiances with the U.S., North Korea, and other global actors. South Korea and China are aiming to expand their free trade agreement and stabilize their intertwined supply chains, while Japan seeks to repair relations with both China and South Korea after a tumultuous history of wartime atrocities against them. All three nations comprise 25% of global GDP, with South Korea and Japan counting China as their biggest trading partner and China likely eager to prevent their counterparts from further strengthening collaboration with America.

• NCAA lawsuit sets the stage for student-athlete compensation

The NCAA and its five biggest conferences agreed to a nearly $2.8 billion settlement to resolve antitrust claims, potentially ushering in a revenue-sharing model for athletes starting in 2025. The agreement still requires judicial approval and may face challenges, but it aims to compensate more than 14,000 former and current athletes who were prevented from earning endorsement money according to now-defunct restrictions. This settlement significantly shifts from the NCAA's 100-year-old amateurism model, allowing direct payments to college athletes and aligning it more closely to professional sports.

Culture

• Hundreds of Harvard students protest at graduation

Hundreds of Harvard University students walked out of their graduation ceremony on Thursday, protesting the University’s decision to prohibit 13 students from receiving their diplomas due to participation in a weeks-long pro-Palestine encampment on campus. Despite petitions signed by over 1,100 undergraduates and over 500 faculty and staff, the University held its position that the alleged conduct of the protestors had left them “not in good standing” and ineligible to graduate. The protest follows months of campus turmoil between students, administrators, and alumni, including billionaire donors pulling commitments due to unpunished anti-semitism on campus and the ousting of former president Claudine Gay after her controversial congressional hearing in December.

• Peru’s Amazon region hosts first-ever film festival

The Belén neighborhood in Peru’s Amazon region recently experienced a 10-day film festival, created to display works from countries with tropical forests and celebrate the Indigenous communities of the world. In a community built around water, organizers of the Muyuna Floating Film Festival built the screen on a 33-foot-high wooden structure so locals could watch from their canoes — many of whom had never seen a movie on the big screen. The event included films from Thailand, Brazil, Panama, and more, reflecting a grassroots effort to reclaim narratives and celebrate indigenous voices in the face of globalization.

• NBA icon Dwyane Wade launches community to support transgender youth

Dwyane Wade has launched "Translatable," an online community aimed at supporting transgender youth, inspired by his daughter Zaya who came out as transgender in 2020. Wade announced the initiative at the Make Good Famous Summit after receiving the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, pledging the $250,000 prize to the nonprofit. The platform, developed with support from the Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project, focuses on communities of color and emphasizes parental and familial support at a time when anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and related mental health crises are increasing.

Written by Outer Voice founders & intern Elina Shah

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