Brazilians Confront the Austerity Games
I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was…
The Indypendent
Olympics
Illustration by Akiko Kato “This ‘Shut up and play’? That’s not okay. That’s not the Olympics.” So wrote Sports…
Olympic Torch Protests Inflame Chinese, Consolidate Power Internally
Most Western observers of the pro-Tibetan protests leading up to the Beijing Olympics, which begin August 8, have concluded…