Looking Ahead

Looking ahead | News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

Easter

April 4: As the sun rises on Easter in Argentina, the cheap fish runs out. In an unusual tactic to combat inflation, the Argentine government took over about a dozen mobile fishmonger vehicles and sold already-cheap haddock for half price during the Lenten weeks leading up to Easter. Fish consumption often rises during Lent in nations with many Roman Catholics. And with the price of beef soaring, the government's fish mobiles were a surprising success.

NCAA basketball championship game

April 5: For many who picked Kansas, Villanova, or Georgetown to win it all in their brackets, the NCAA 64-team tournament nicknamed March Madness will blissfully come to an end today when the two teams left standing square off in college basketball's national championship game.