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July 14, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Watch Nadine Gordimer Talk About South Africa's Racism: "I Was Part of It."
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July 14, 2014
Franklin Foer
Was This the Last Great World Cup?
Russia and Qatar loom, as does a return to defensive-minded play
July 14, 2014
Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer on The World Cup's Defining Foul
July 14, 2014
Adelle Waldman
Middlemarch Showed Me How to Live
My junior year at Brown, I was so unhappy that I dropped out. In Arizona, I met a man; and I read Middlemarch.
July 12, 2014
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
England Have Won Wars Against Argentina and Germany. Football Matches, Not So Much.
Deciding who to root for in the World Cup final is not so easy if you're English
July 12, 2014
Luke Dempsey
If Hamlet Gave Argentina’s Pre-World Cup Final Speech
Alejandro Sabella channels the Prince of Denmark
July 12, 2014
G.W. Bowersock
Remember the Greek Enlightenment?
Neither does Greece, to judge by its government
July 11, 2014
Rabih Alameddine
What the World Cup Looks Like to a Refugee Child
"Germany are playing with a lot of self-confidence." Sounds right to us.
July 11, 2014
Noam Scheiber
LeBron James Stole a Page Out of Louis CK's Playbook by Returning to Cleveland
July 11, 2014
Alice Robb
Taylor Swift May Be Right About the Death of the Autograph
But some people now want their selfies signed
July 11, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Is This the Political Photo of the Year?
July 11, 2014
Phil Hartup
Why Can’t Women Compete Against Men at Video Games?
Sexism, that’s why
July 11, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Displaced Brazilians Protest as Argentina Prevails in Sao Paulo
A visit with the squatters of the Copa do Povo. Matthew Niederhauser's Photo Diary, Day 14
July 11, 2014
Carlo Rovelli
Science Is Not About Certainty
The separation of science and the humanities is relatively new—and detrimental to both
July 11, 2014
Jonathan Bate
Shakespeare Was an Epicurean
Tracing the Bard’s debt to the French essayist Michel de Montaigne
July 11, 2014
Laurent Dubois
What Will We Take From This Tournament?
Some World Cups write a beautiful romance, but more often they offer up troubled stories
July 11, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Will LeBron and the Republicans Collide in Cleveland in 2016?
And seven other silly questions about The Decision 2.0
July 11, 2014
Kevin Alexander
Your 2018 Team USA World Cup Starting Lineup
Unabashed speculation from the Goal Posts crystal ball
July 11, 2014
Bryce Covert
Why We Still Can't Erase the Gender Pay Gap
July 10, 2014
Esther Breger
This Year's Emmy Nominations Are Same Old, Same Old

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