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June 27, 2014
Taylor Malmsheimer
Conservatives Are Obsessed With Debunking the 1-in-5 Rape Statistic. They're Wrong, Too.
A report from the Independent Women's Forum, where facts are stupid things
June 27, 2014
David Thomson
One of The Best Films About World War I Deserves to Make a Comeback
Jean Renoir beautifully illuminates the Great War's conflicts
June 27, 2014
Rabih Alameddine
Algeria's Chance for Revenge
Facing Germany in the Round of 16, Les Fennecs have a chance to avenge the wrongs of 1982.
June 27, 2014
Goal Posts contributors
The 11 Most Beautiful Goals of This World Cup (So Far)
Our picks for the strikes we'll remember from a tournament already known for its scoring
June 27, 2014
Lane Florsheim
The Internet's Worst Dating Site for Women
Sparkology thought it was making online dating better by charging men to send messages. Instead, it was stoking male entitlement
June 26, 2014
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Who Would Ever Want to Be a Referee?
Right or wrong, you're always making somebody mad
June 26, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Mapping the HIV Crisis in Nine American Cities
June 26, 2014
Julia Ioffe
Little Failures: Russia's Very Expensive & Yet Wholly Unimpressive Side
It’s all a very Russian story: ungodly amounts of money spent with little to show for it
June 26, 2014
Evan Hughes
Liberal Media Is Desperate to Prove That Student Debt Is a Huge Problem
The backlash against David Leonhardt's New York Times column may be unwarranted
June 26, 2014
Franklin Foer
Bravo, Klinsmann. And Look Out, Belgium!
It wasn't pretty, but we cheated (the Group of) Death
June 26, 2014
Kevin Alexander
USA-Germany Recap: 9 Takeaways On The Loss That Felt Like A Win
And on to the Round of 16 we go.
June 26, 2014
Anna Hiatt
The Rise and Fall of Apartheid in Pictures
An exhibition in South Africa is attracting record-breaking crowds
June 26, 2014
Alice Robb
Soccer Players Are Worried About the Heat in Brazil, But They Actually Run Faster When It's Hot
Scientists put soccer players in 109 degree heat. Here's what they found out.
June 26, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Dramatic Scenes in Recife, as City Floods Ahead of US - Germany Clash
Matthew Niederhauser's (waterlogged) photo dispatch.
June 26, 2014
Elaine Teng
Ghana's Bad News Is Good for the USMNT
Hours before their must-win game, Ghana's Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince-Boateng have been suspended indefinitely.
June 26, 2014
Kevin Alexander
USA-Germany Preview: The Jermaine Jones Show
Can Klinsmann's crucial German-American stymie Germany's Germans?
June 25, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Inside Your Typical World Cup City from the Outside of Its Stadium
Plus: Iranian Fans Posing with Darth Vader!
June 25, 2014
Leon Wieseltier
Fouad Ajami, 1945-2014
Farewell to a master and a friend
June 25, 2014
Laurent Dubois
Why Are These Fans Showing Up to World Cup Matches in Blackface?
And what is FIFA going to do about it?
June 25, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
Daily Life of Indigenous Cultures in Seven Beautiful Scenes

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