Economy Tokyo's Olympics are a Financial Fiasco; How Your City Can Avoid a Similar Fate Five ways future cities can host the Games without saddling taxpayers with debt
MLB Major League Baseball is Cutting Campaign Cash Again. Here's Who Got It The league had announced its PAC would suspend political donations following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
foreign policy An Interpreter Saved His Life in Afghanistan. He Wants to Return the Favor to Others. As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, translators could be in danger, says Matt Zeller of No One Left Behind. Zeller says he is only alive today because an interpreter saved his life in combat. Now he’s speaking up for other interpreters and urging President Biden and Congress to act swiftly to bring Afghan interpreters to Guam, where they can be...
MLB Did Georgia Really Lose $100M in All-Star Game Money to Colorado? Politicians said relocating the MLB All-Star Game would be a hit on Georgia's economy. But ironically, much of those profits would've headed to Colorado anyway - where the Atlanta Braves' parent company is based.
Elections What's Different About Voting in Colorado? Here's How They Do It in The All-Star Host State The MLB All-Star Game was moved to Colorado amid concern about voter access and a new elections law in Georgia. So what is it like to vote in Colorado? NBCLX Storyteller Cody Broadway and Telemundo Denver reporter Sergio Ornelas talk to elections officials in the Centennial State for a look into the process.
MLB Georgia's Brad Raffensperger Wishes the Braves Got to Host the All-Star Game The Georgia Secretary of State made headlines for setting the record straight about the 2020 election results in the state. Now he’s speaking out about a voting bill that led to the MLB relocating the All-Star game to Denver from Atlanta.
georgia Brad Raffensperger Wants to Set Another Record Straight: Why MLB Snubbed Georgia Fact-checking Georgia’s voting claims... and who really pays for baseball’s All-Star boycott
marijuana Federal Marijuana Laws Find Unlikely Opponent in Conservative SCOTUS Justice A conservative Supreme Court Justice suggested that federal marijuana laws may no longer be necessary. Justice Clarence Thomas said “The federal government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana.”
LGBTQ Religion Shouldn't Conflict With Being LGBTQ, Faith Leaders Say If their faith is not accepting of their identity, religious LGBTQ people can face a conflict. They worry "'do I have to give up the church to come out at all?' And there's this deep self loathing and hatred that happens," says "Queer Calling" podcast host Keshia Pendigrast.
LGBTQ Meet the Faith Leaders Calling for LGBTQ Inclusion in Religion Multiple faith leaders – including an Episcopal minister whose LGBTQ identity was central to her faith journey – say religious institutions should be more accepting of LGBTQ people.
