Russia’s Track and Field Team Is Barred From the Olympics: Here’s What’s Happening Today
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Here’s what we’re reading:
1. Russia’s track and field team banned from Rio amid doping scandal
“Russian track and field athletes have been suspended from international competition for the last seven months, after the publication of a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency that accused the nation of an elaborate government-run doping program. Though Russia denied those accusations, the country’s track and field authorities did not contest the suspension when given an opportunity in November.”
2. How Republicans can defeat Trumpism
“There will always be other Trumps until Republicans decide to make defeating Trumpism a cause, even if that means short-term losses. If the party does not become more welcoming and inclusive, young people and other voters will tune it out. Republicans simply cannot afford to write off any demographic or community or region of this country.”
3. Where should the burden of proof lie in campus rape cases?
“A new lawsuit takes aim at the Department of Education’s push to force colleges to decide cases based on ‘a preponderance of the evidence.'”
4. What a ‘Brexit’ could mean for the economy
“The longer-run issue is that a Brexit could call into question the future of the EU itself at a time when Europe is still trying to get its economy moving again after a nearly decade-long slump. Markets don’t like uncertainty; they like depressions even less.”
5. What it’s like to bathe in bacteria for two weeks
“Blasting bacteria with a frothy soap scrub can feel pretty good, especially on a sticky-hot day, or when you’ve recently been doused in vomit. Could swapping my soaps for a bacteria-rich spray really give me better skin, and keep me clean? More importantly, is ‘good’ bacteria a cure for what ails us in this ultra-sterile modern age?“
