* 25 workers at stadium previously worked in slave labor * Government program trains "slaves," finds them real jobs * Un...
Constantin Bjerke | Posted 01.23.2012
Opened on time and on budget in February 2011, 17 months prior to the Opening Ceremony, Hopkins Architects' 2012 Olympics' Velodrome is the first venu...
Gil Laroya | Posted 11.17.2011
In recent weeks, the emerging story of the small town of Bell, California demonstrated to the country how city government can become too big and brash...
Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011
Out of South Africa came the news that an expensive new soccer stadium had been built in a city where drinking water is often dirty and many people have neither electric lights nor toilets.
Jeff Kreisler | Posted 05.25.2011
Build a $1.5-ish billion taxpayer-funded stadium, charge those same taxpayers $2600 to see a game, don't create the promised park for local kids (because they're poor). Now look around. Guess what? You're rich!
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...
Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011
This stadium thing looks like a really bad idea. But I did not write of this in public, because the blowback to criticizing Obama is so distracting and also because, well, they would probably wait for a man to say it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...
Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012