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Tag: Rio

‘Colbert Report’: Cheering America’s Olympic Failure

When ~~President Obama~~ Chicago lost out to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, none were more pleased than the members of a conservative organization called—wait for it—Americans for Prosperity. Well, they didn’t specify whose prosperity they were rooting for, as Stephen Colbert points out in this clip.

Posted on Oct 6, 2009 READ MORE

Illustration: Blair Golson

Rio Gets Female-Only Subway Cars

The Brazilian city becomes ~~the third~~ at least the fourth worldwide (after Mexico City, Tokyo and Cairo) to mandate female-only cars during rush hour—to guard against gropers and harassment. But many consider the law a major step backward for women’s rights.
(thanks to reader Hilary Tate for the correction)