5 Top US Womens Soccer Players Are Suing for Equal Pay: Here’s What We’re Reading Today
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Pay it like Beckham
“Five key members of the United States women’s national soccer team, the reigning World Cup and Olympic champion, have filed a federal complaint charging U.S. Soccer with wage discrimination.
“In the filing, the five players contend that the women’s team is the driving economic force for U.S. Soccer, the governing body for the sport in America, even as its players are paid far less than their counterparts on the men’s national team, said their lawyer, Jeffrey Kessler.”
+1: As Qatar prepares for the World Cup, migrant workers are suffering in appalling conditions.
2. Golden State Capitalists
Venture capitalists took over the Golden State Warriors, and after racking up a historic season, the team’s owners — most of them from Silicon Valley — think their management style deserves some of the credit. Are they right?
3. It’s happening
A collapsing Antarctic ice sheet could double the sea-level rise to two metres by 2100 if emissions are not cut.
4. How to steal an election
“Andrés Sepúlveda rigged elections throughout Latin America for almost a decade. He tells his story for the first time.”
5. “Doing meth with my step-mom”
“As I hazily poured coffee into a styrofoam cup, Angie appeared in the kitchen looking extremely pert for a 28-year-old who’d only gotten three and a half hours of sleep after a night of binge drinking. She smiled woefully and shook her head at my predicament.
“‘You know…I have some crank on me if you want to do it. I think it’ll really help you!'”
