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August 8, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Rio Olympics is turning into Dilma Rousseff’s revenge.
August 5, 2016
Steven Cohen
What will Donald Trump hate about the Olympics opening ceremony?
August 5, 2016
Emily Spivack
How to Achieve Olympic Tracksuit Positivity
The uniforms for the Opening Ceremony have to fit all builds and be on message—but the best are relaxed and athletic.
August 5, 2016
Sarah Marshall
The Last Perfect Gymnast
How Olympic gymnastics beat score inflation and became a sport.
August 4, 2016
Steven Cohen
Brazil’s Long History of Faking Progress
The ruling class's preference for optics over substance is part of a pattern that stretches back centuries.
August 4, 2016
Laura Reston
The Year the Olympic Games Sold Out
The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were the first to be financed without government funds—and they were also the most profitable.
August 4, 2016
Nell Zink
The Sustainable Olympics
Nell Zink has a modest proposal for the next generation of global sport.
August 2, 2016
Fernando Lara
The Cost of Rio’s Construction Frenzy
August 1, 2016
Nigel Crowther
Since Ancient Greece, the Olympics and Bribery Have Gone Hand In Hand
August 1, 2016
Patrick Iber
Brazil’s Billionaire Problem
To understand global inequality, you have to understand Brazil's inequality.
July 19, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Could the Russian team be banned from the Rio Olympics?
July 12, 2016
Paul Christesen
A Radical Case for Reinventing the Olympics
The Olympics have become too big, too costly and too complicated to be hosted by a single city.
June 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Rio Olympics sure seem like a mess!
June 20, 2016
María Cristina García
Why the First Olympic Refugee Team Won’t Be the Last
Ten refugee athletes will march under the Olympic flag in Rio.
February 2, 2016
Adam Peck
The world will see something it never has seen before: an American wearing a hijab at the Olympics.
January 25, 2016
Adam Peck
It will be easier for trans athletes to compete in the Olympics this summer.
November 30, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
There are very strict rules about exactly how high Olympic trampolines can bounce.
July 31, 2015
Rebecca Leber
A Winter Olympics in Snowless Beijing Will Be an Environmental Disaster
June 10, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
What Hillary Clinton Can Learn from Michelle Kwan's Figure Skating Career
March 17, 2014
Alice Robb
Why the Disabled Do Not Watch the Paralympics
Even former Paralympians turn the dial

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