play ball
Nov
28
2022
A soccer player in traditional robes prepares to kick a ball marked with a prohibition symbol toward a goal defended by another robed figure lying across the net. The scene references restrictions during the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar, where religious and cultural rules limited certain expressions of the sport.
Nov
25
2022
The image depicts two soccer players during the 2022 Qatar World Cup kicking a ball above a strip of skulls and bones. The scene highlights the human cost of stadium construction amid ongoing tournament controversies.
Sep
16
2022
On September 16, 2022, a political cartoon by Dave Whamond illustrates Sen. Lindsey Graham's recent proposal for a nationwide 15-week abortion ban as an own goal in soccer. The image shows Graham in uniform running away from a goal where the ball labeled Abortion Ban has entered the net. Other figures labeled BIP appear tangled inside. The cartoon responds to Graham's surprise legislation that stunned fellow Republicans and provided Democrats an issue for the midterms. McConnell and others had avoided the topic to focus on other messages.
Jun
29
2020
Jun
14
2017
