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How the story of soccer became the story of everything

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Since the World Cup starts today, we begin with the story of soccer’s glittery transformation. Watching the sport, says Mother Jones, is to “experience a crash course in capitalism and power.” Next, The Verge wonders how the Department of Homeland Security became such a disaster. Love researchers tackle relationship disaster by offering a math equation for harmonious living. And what is mouse in the wine world? The market is awash with a peculiar, disagreeable (and much misunderstood) flavor.
How the story of soccer became the story of everything
Mother Jones · TIM MURPHY
Oligarchs, private-equity moguls, and petro states took over the sport — and the world.
Why does the Department of Homeland Security suck?
The Verge · Amanda Chicago Lewis
Just a week after 9/11, while the country was still reeling, a series of letters began arriving at news organizations and Senate offices. The envelopes…
Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics
NPR · Chiara Eisner
Pretending to die isn’t typically part of a correctional officer’s job. But when the court issues a death warrant, there’s often a team that has to…
How to Keep Your Son From Killing Someone
thecity.nyc · Alyssa Katz
In a city resigned to seeing untreated serious mental illness spasm into bursts of violence, the savage killing of emergency responder Alison …
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What It’s Like Inside the Penal Colony Brittney Griner Was Sent to in Russia
VICE · Trone Dowd
Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Mordovia was formed in 1930, and while it was one of the first gulag camps it is better than most. After two weeks of radio…
The 50 most banned books in America
CBS News · By Jennifer Martin
During the 2021-2022 school year, more than 1,600 books were banned from school libraries. The bans affected 138 school districts in 32 states, …
How Drake Rescued the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna
The New York Times · Joe Coscarelli
Correction: November 17, 2022 This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of a picture caption with this…
This is the math equation that ‘makes you or breaks you’ in a marriage, says love researchers John and Julie Gottman
CNBC · Aditi Shrikant
John and Julie Gottman are renowned clinical psychologists and researchers who’ve dedicated decades to finding out why some marriages last and others …
The Wine Flaw of Our Times
Punch Drink · John McCarroll
It was 2015 and I was tasting wine at a store that no longer exists, staring in puzzlement at a glass of something cloudy and orangish from Chile. It …
7 Incredible Family Hikes That Just So Happen To End New Breweries
Fatherly · Doug Schnitzspahn
There’s a special art to getting your kids out on a hike. You want to challenge them a bit. You want them to get their ya-yas out. You want them to …
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