Theater Kids

Stutter Steppers With the knockout rounds well underway, it’s time to contemplate one of soccer’s great perennial mysteries: Why do the best players alive miss so many World Cup penalty kicks? The kicker is an elite player with a clear shot at the net (twenty-four-feet wide and eight-feet ta. ..

New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District

The state’s attorney general launched an investigation after reporting by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica exposed high rates of harsh punishment for Native American and Hispanic children in Gallup-McKinley County Schools.

A U. S. -Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade

Under Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, security forces have worked with the U. S. to destroy drug labs and kill or capture crime bosses. But the president is saying she won’t extradite members of her own political party.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Wants to Save Crypto — But Trump Windfall Is a Political Obstacle

Centrist Democrats like Sen. Kristen Gillibrand criticize Trump’s newfound billions, but work to boost the crypto industry that enabled his grift.

Open Letter to Manfred Weber

Dear Mr Weber, You are European, but also German. One should be entitled to expect from you a particular understanding of history.

Climate-impacted communities across Asia are taking their fight to court

Worsening climate impacts, corporate greenwashing, and slow government action have driven communities across Asia to the courts.

Switzerland Votes Down a Xenophobic Initiative — Thanks to the Unions

A decades-long union campaign on wage protection helped Swiss voters bury the SVP’s population cap and keep the EU door open.

Stop Overreacting to China’s Missile Test

It was a milestone for Beijing’s nuclear forces—but not necessarily the provocation many analysts have made it out to be.