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Amanda Taub

Former Vox staff

    Latest articles by Amanda Taub

    Sports
    The surprising reason the US is prosecuting the FIFA caseThe surprising reason the US is prosecuting the FIFA case
    Sports

    The US barely even likes soccer — so what’s the FIFA case doing in a Brooklyn court?

    By Amanda Taub
    Culture
    The FIFA indictment could be just the beginningThe FIFA indictment could be just the beginning
    Culture

    Why a case about soccer is being tried in a Brooklyn courthouse — and why FIFA president Sepp Blatter shouldn’t relax just yet.

    By Amanda Taub
    Criminal Justice
    Read the full text of today’s bombshell FIFA corruption indictmentRead the full text of today’s bombshell FIFA corruption indictment
    Criminal Justice

    Corrupt officials allegedly extracted more than $110 million in bribes in relation to a single tournament.

    By Amanda Taub
    Space
    NASA thought Sally Ride needed 100 tampons for 1 week “just to be safe.” From what?NASA thought Sally Ride needed 100 tampons for 1 week “just to be safe.” From what?
    Space

    Many, many questions about the space agency’s peculiar beliefs regarding feminine hygiene products.

    By Amanda Taub
    archives
    This video has everything: Revolution. The struggle of the proletariat. Tetris.This video has everything: Revolution. The struggle of the proletariat. Tetris.
    archives

    Turns out Tetris is a really great metaphor for the plight of the Russian worker.

    By Amanda Taub
    How this psychologist treats soldiers who can’t let go of what they did at war
    Features

    An interview with Patricia Resick, who works with patients struggling to come to terms with their actions on the battlefield.

    By Amanda Taub
    War “exists in an outside moral universe”: an Iraq veteran explains moral injury
    Features

    “How am I someone who gives to nonprofits and goes to church and helps out people in need, but also that guy who shot somebody I was not even sure was a bad guy?”

    By Amanda Taub
    Moral injury: the quiet epidemic of soldiers haunted by what they did during wartime
    Features

    “That’s not how good people act. But I did it, because I had to.”

    By Amanda Taub
    Beautiful places that could soon disappear forever, in photos
    archives

    These are some of the most stunning spots on Earth. Soon they might be gone forever.

    By Amanda Taub
    Culture
    Watch 4 American presidents insult Letterman on his last showWatch 4 American presidents insult Letterman on his last show
    Culture

    They announce that “our long national nightmare is over” because Letterman is retiring.

    By Amanda Taub