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Read the latest from Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation.
Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Even Got the World Cup
Of course fans roundly booed the president at the World Cup final: Damaging the integrity of anything he touches is true to the Trump brand.
Root for Spain for Their Play and Their Politics
A World Cup victory will not just feel like a soccer triumph but a national triumph. For that reason, fans should support Pedro Sánchez’s Spain over Javier Milei’s Argentina.
Trump Is Trying to Rig the World Cup
FIFA has a long history of corruption, and now soccer’s governing body is again bending to the will of an autocrat.
We Can’t Let the Good Vibes Stop Us From Demanding More of Mamdani
Mamdani’s Knicks speech was exhilarating, but we can’t let these kinds of spectacles prevent us from pressuring politicians to do better.
Lessons From the People’s Historian, Howard Zinn
His take on history arms youth with the courage to “transform the world.” It’s no wonder the right aims to erase it.
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