IOC says this is the most gender equal Winter Olympics. But the Games are hardly equal and here’s why

Rather than helping women catch up to the men, they leave them behind in the name of equity.

 

Sharing on Facebook seems harmless. But leaked documents show how it helps spread misinformation.

While not the exclusive domain of shady intent, the approach is common by bad actors on Facebook often to spread falsehoods. Facebook has allowed this type of content to flourish on its platform.

 

What would it take to cancel an Olympics? Opposition groups are trying to find out

As opposition groups coordinate from Tokyo to Paris to Los Angeles, these Games raised a critical question – if a pandemic can’t cancel the Olympics, can anything?

 

Fairness vs. inclusion: Can Olympic leaders find balance in new rules for transgender athletes?

For the first time in the nearly two decades since the IOC first took a position on the question, openly transgender athletes are competing in the Olympics.

 

Many accused in the Capitol attack placed their campaign cash on Trump, Republicans

Many of the same people charged in the Capitol riot sent their own money to Trump’s re-election campaign. Even after his loss in November, they threw their cash behind his efforts to challenge the election as he touted the lie that it had been stolen.

 

They rioted at the Capitol for Trump. Now, many of those arrested say it’s his fault. 

As the cases against nearly 200 of the Capitol rioters begin to wind through federal court, many of the defendants blame the commander in chief they followed for the violence that left five dead during the insurrection Jan. 6.

 

New expense for college football programs: Looking good

Under pressure to recruit – both high school athletes and donor money – college athletics programs are spending big on large-scale graphics to brand their facilities.

 

Colleges under fire for their handling of sexual assaults

Under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, schools are required to address sexual assaults on their campuses. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has stepped up enforcement, starting with a memo — a “Dear Colleague” letter — issued to schools in April 2011.

 

Spatting creates dilemma for colleges

Spatting, or taping the ankle over a cleat, is common in football, but agreements between colleges and their apparel suppliers inhibit the taping of ankles, include financial penalties on multimillion-dollar contracts and illustrate what is seen as the ever-expanding influence of shoe companies in collegiate sports.