Hero of 2022: The Movement to Bring Brittney Griner and Pay Equity Back Home
Mother Jones; Charlie Neibergall/AP On December 8, grainy footage showed WNBA star Brittney Griner landing in San Antonio after being released from 294 days in Russian detention. Griner wore a beanie over her hair that had been chopped off to avoid freezing conditions at the remote Russian penal colony in which she was, until recently, expected to…
Monster of 2022: Brazilian Football Players and the Gold Steak
Mother Jones; Stu Moffat/Unsplash The day after the Brazilian national team beat Switzerland in the group stage of this year’s World Cup, a handful of players went out for dinner. The group included Arsenal’s Gabriel de Jesus and Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior. Ronaldo, Brazil’s former striker and a talismanic figure in football, attended. They chose to…
Monster of 2022: Video Assistant Referee
Mother Jones; Francois Nel/Getty Every few years, the world discovers anew a wonderful old document called the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, a 1944 booklet published at the direction of William J. Donovan, the head of what was then called the Office of Strategic Services and is now the CIA. Donovan’s memo detailed ways in which…
It Wasn’t Easy Watching Argentina Win
Messi during award ceremony after victory.Pedro Martins/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.I’ve lost count of how many times I was asked the same perfectly appropriate question as the final game of the 2022 World Cup approached: Who are you rooting for? After all,…
Argentina Prevails Over France in Dramatic World Cup Final
Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates his team’s victory in the Qatar World Cup final.Grigory Sysoev/Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Argentina won the World Cup on Sunday, defeating France in a dramatic 4-2 shootout after staving off a late-game French comeback that sent…
US Diplomat Describes Moments With Brittney Griner on Homebound Flight
Brittney Griner aboard a plane before her departure to the United States.Sputnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After her release from a Russian penal colony on Thursday, Brittney Griner didn’t want to decompress or relax upon boarding the plane that would bring her back…