Arike Ogunbowale Talks Team USA Olympic Selection Process: ‘Politics in Everything’
17 Jun
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Arike Ogunbowale Talks Team USA Olympic Selection Process: ‘Politics in Everything’

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Politics tamfitronics Tyler Conway@@jtylerconwayFeatured Columnist IVJune 15, 2024Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty ImagesDallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale revealed she took her name out of contention for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics, saying she believed she was not wanted on the team."Whether that's USA Basketball, whether that's All-Star teams, whether that's first team, and stuff like that, there's politics," Ogunbowale said on the Nightcap podcast. "Even with the men's . There's politics in everything, so I'm gonna just leave it at that."A three-time All-Star and two-time All-WNBA selection, Ogunbowale would seemingly be a shoo-in if her 2024 season performance was any indication. She's scoring a career-high 26.2 points to go along with 4.6 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.1 steals per game for the Wings.The Milwaukee native has not represented the United States in international competition...
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‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ ‘Appropriate’ Among Tony Nominees Tackling Antisemitism, Racism and More Social Issues
17 Jun
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‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ ‘Appropriate’ Among Tony Nominees Tackling Antisemitism, Racism and More Social Issues

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Politics tamfitronics Live theater always reflects the moment in which it’s presented, but this season, Broadway charged head-on into the politics of today with unusual force: A play that directly addressed antisemitism, Israel and Gaza opened barely two months after the events of Oct. 7; climate protestors interrupted a 140-year-old drama about the threat of environmental calamity, and an onstage chronicle of Vladimir Putin’s rise to power opened even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rolled into its third year.Yet amid all its contemporary resonance, the 2023-24 slate of Tony nominees is equally dominated by one of the oldest forms of modern drama — the family play, now held up to view through an array of contemporary lenses.And often this season, the most intimate family stories were also the most searingly political.Popular on Variety“Family has...
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Joe Boosted By Roaring Biden Economy. No, Really.
17 Jun
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Joe Boosted By Roaring Biden Economy. No, Really.

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Politics tamfitronics In politics and in our personal lives we are often spinning ourselves in circles searching for explanations of the inexplicable when a bit of comparative analysis would do us wonders. For Democrats an abiding question of the Biden presidency, especially in 2024, is this: why hasn’t Joe Biden gotten more credit for the roaring 20s economy? Growth is steady, unemployment is at historic lows, inflation has fallen dramatically, wages are rising. Each rosy data point purports to have a context which shows it isn’t all its cracked up to be. And some of those contexts bear consideration. But the G-7 summit in Italy this last week is perhaps the most clarifying context.A number...
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What Are The Swing States Of The Future?
17 Jun
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What Are The Swing States Of The Future?

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Politics tamfitronics Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeauxsenior reporter): The residents of states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan are used to having their airwaves flooded with political ads as presidential elections draw near. But over the years, there’s actually been a lot of variation in which states have the most power to decide the future commander-in-chief. Only a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Arizona and Georgia in the toss-up category — and “as Ohio goes, so goes the nation” was proved wrong in 2020when President Joe Biden became the first candidate to win the White House without carrying Ohio since 1960.So have Arizona and Georgia replaced Ohio as the nation’s presidential bellwether? Is once-swingy Florida officially a red state? Let’s talk about...
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