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July 5, 2014
Justin D. Martin
Why Qatar Should Be Allowed to Keep the 2022 World Cup
Relocating the tournament would deny the very progress reformers want
July 5, 2014
Helen Lewis
The Essay That Launched the Term "Mansplaining"
Rebecca Solnit's 'Men Explain Things to Me' explains this international scourge
July 5, 2014
James Loeffler
Wagner's Anti-Semitism Still Matters
It helped define European anti-Semitism, especially when it came to Jewish music
July 4, 2014
John B. Judis
Ten Reasons Why Baseball Is Better than Soccer
July 4, 2014
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
A Wonderful Tournament—But Just How Good Are Brazil, or the Rest?
Reflections, predictions, and the latest Suarez affair
July 4, 2014
Brook Wilensky-Lanford
The Dangerous Lies We Tell About America’s Founding
Myths may comfort us, but facts are our best weapon against Tea Party perversions
July 4, 2014
Barry Mazor
Revival Revival
Mid-century Blues obsessives are getting a lot of attention lately
July 4, 2014
Simon Heffer
Historians Fought About World War I the Moment It Began. They're Still Fighting.
July 3, 2014
The New Republic Staff
The Limits of Human Domination, in the American West and Beyond
July 3, 2014
Elaine Teng
France-Germany Preview: Per Mertesacker Has a Cold
The two most complete teams in the World Cup meet in Friday's first quarterfinal
July 3, 2014
Geoff Dyer
“So We Were on This Beach . . .”
July 3, 2014
Miles Kohrman
The Netherlands' Odds Rise Dramatically in Big Bank's Fancy World Cup Predictions
If you listen to Goldman Sachs, it's either Brazil or the Netherlands.
July 3, 2014
Shaj Mathew
Hubris, Total Football, and the Ethics of Diving: David Winner on the Dutch Team's Chances
An interview with the author of "Brilliant Orange"
July 3, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Joshua Mehigan’s 'Accepting the Disaster' is The Real Thing
July 3, 2014
Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
Impossible Isn't French: Can France Go All the Way this World Cup?
Confidence is high before Les Bleus' showdown with the Germans on Friday
July 3, 2014
Philippe Auclair
The Eternal Cult of Zinedine Zidane
How France's greatest player created soccer's greatest product
July 3, 2014
Michael Hobbes
Welcome to the Traffic Capital of the World
What I learned from the crippling gridlock in Dhaka, Bangladesh
July 3, 2014
Michael Hobbes
Photos: Street Life in the Traffic Capital of the World
July 2, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
Chip Kidd Thinks Lena Dunham's Book Cover Could Use an Upgrade
But she's not alone in reviving 70s-style fonts
July 2, 2014
Laurent Dubois
The Making of Belgium's Golden Generation, and Imported Versus Cultivated Talent
It has been noted: maybe the US needs more military bases in Spain and Brazil

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