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Yet a mere glimpse at any women’s beach volleyball match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics makes clear why that is the question for so many women athletes. Athletes must train their bodies beyond what seems the limits of human capacity to excel at international competitions. So the last thing they need when they show up… Read more.
Episode 42: They Can Blame the Americans and French, But Haitians Are Mostly to Blame… Related commentaries: Haiti… Listen.
But here’s to NASA for making clear that those “astronaut wings,” which both men made such a show of enlisting real astronauts to pin to their lapels, are no more legitimate than a graduate degree from Trump University. Here is how the BBC brought these wannabe astronauts down to earth (and I said it before… Read more.
I could not have been prouder or more impressed with the way Nikole Hannah-Jones schooled the University of North Carolina when they tried to force her to serve an indentured professorship before getting the tenured position she was entitled to, objectively. When UNC trustees finally came to their senses and caved, she made a public… Read more.
A half century ago, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — a young goliath then known as Lew Alcindor — led the Milwaukee Bucks to their first championship. For decades, it was the only time the franchise had reached that height. That is, until now. On Tuesday night, the Bucks capped off their return to greatness. They are once… Read more.
There’s no denying that the primary cause of the Civil War was the attempt by Southerners to retain, and to even expand, their slave economy nationwide. In a similar vein, the attempt by Republicans to systematically suppress the ability of Blacks and Hispanics to exercise their right to vote is unfolding as the primary cause… Read more.
Episode 41: Where Winning and Hearing No Cheers Might Feel More Like Agony of Defeat than the Thrill of Victory… Related commentaries: London Olympics.. Listen.
The world watched in restrained shock and resigned dismay this week as South Africans looted and pillaged in the name, and arguably at the behest, of their disgraced former president, Jacob Zuma. The defiant 79-year-old was finally convicted of contempt of court last month for refusing to attend an inquiry into state-capture corruption during his… Read more.
A severe drought coupled with the human-induced climate crisis has sparked a fire season that has already seen more than three times as much land burned in California this year than during the same time span last year, officials said. The state recorded its worst fire season in 2020, with around 4.1 million estimated acres… Read more.
Given Brexit, it’s arguable that England has not suffered a more symbolic defeat since the Norman Conquest than the one Italy handed it today. Two soccer-mad nations faced each other, and one blinked. Italy bested England in the final of the Euro 2020 soccer tournament Sunday in London. The winner was determined by a penalty… Read more.
