The World Cup Is Doing What America’s 250th Birthday Party Couldn’t

Split image contrasting a packed, diverse World Cup crowd in halftone dot pattern against a cold, empty official plaza

Official America250 celebrations drew sparse crowds and political controversy this July. Meanwhile, World Cup stadiums are packed with a country that actually looks like itself. Marcus Hart on what that contrast says about American identity right now.

Colleges Are Quietly Gutting DEI in Their Most Profitable Programs. Watch What Happens to the Locker Room.

Editorial illustration of a row of college locker room lockers, one lit gold, symbolizing the DEI office quietly being removed

While the World Cup shows America its best unifying self, college athletic departments are shutting down diversity offices behind the scenes. Marcus Hart on what gets lost when the money stays and the infrastructure disappears.

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The World Cup Is Doing What America’s 250th Birthday Party Couldn’t

Colleges Are Quietly Gutting DEI in Their Most Profitable Programs. Watch What Happens to the Locker Room.