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Chiqui Esteban 🇺🇸🇪🇺
@chiquiesteban.me
Washington Post Opinion Design and visuals Director. Prev National Geographic, Boston Globe and Spain. If I'm writing in Spanish is probably about fútbol. European and American. Portfolio: https://chiquiesteban.me/
Wilfried Nancy on potential calendar flip: “If they don’t do it, there is no logical thought behind the desire of MLS to become a really good league. Simple as that. If you don’t make the change, you can talk & talk, but it’s impossible people overseas will take us seriously."
Sources: MLS owners are expected to vote on flipping to fall-spring calendar at Thursday's BOG meeting. Could happen as soon as 2027. Also: Changes to competition format expected too, including single league table + divisions. w/ @paultenorio.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks. By @zhoyoyo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | What’s the best place to raise kids? See how your county ranks.
Use these four factors to find out.
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We asked Post columnists to pick the best sports cities in the country and now half of America probably hates them. I might be included there too. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | America’s best sports city: Nine compete for the crown.
Grit, glamour and green energy define some of the nation’s top sports towns.
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"Further plans for Trump’s Independence Arch," as drawn by Edith Pritchett 🎨 https://wapo.st/3JkmmvS
Opinion | Further plans for Trump’s Independence Arch
Toss in your Trump coins!
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"I voluntarily gave up my rank as the president suggested, but the future of our country is more important than any individual’s career, wealth or power. I have no regrets about my decision." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump
I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.
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The quiz I'd had failed miserably three years ago but that I now aced thanks to having two teenagers at home talking to each other everyday in mysterious terms. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Struggling with Gen Z slang? Embrace the delulu.
Today’s teen slang is more absurd, global-reaching and irony-laden, thanks to TikTok.
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"Trump’s populism is in power, but that is far from satisfying the loonier conservative precincts." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump is in power. Somehow, the wackos aren’t satisfied.
Even a populist presidency can’t stop the online right’s slide into irrationality.
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"Over recent months, we have watched with increasing alarm as the foundations of our nation’s public health system have been undermined. Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology and misinformation." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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NEW: What American Jews think about the Israel-Gaza war, according to a Washington Post poll Story with Naftali Bendavid & @emgusk.bsky.social , a project also led by The Post's sage religion reporter @michelleboorstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
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How big should the illustration go on this page? Bigger. (Illustration by Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral)
We got a little Easter egg (actually, it's hard to miss) in this column about the inefficacy of current parental controls in technology www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Just published! New research is focusing on the 'exposome' to find clues for the rise in young cancer wapo.st/46Rg6EE
Toxins, tech and tumors: Is modern life fueling the rise of cancer in millennials?
Studies suggest modern life may be fueling the rise of cancer in younger adults, with factors like ultra-processed foods and chemicals under scrutiny.
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A new America 250 column, a new SergioGarcía/Lola Moral illustration www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Hans Sauer writes against the Trump administration's proposal to hike patent fees. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Mondo Duplantis just set his 4th world record this year! Here’s how he does it. wapo.st/42xMMR3
What makes Mondo fly?
A look at the unique jumping style of the world’s best pole vaulter, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, who is favored to win his second Olympic gold medal in Paris.
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Since Trump took office, your breakfast became 2% cheaper. Your sandwiches, backyard barbecues? 4% more expensive. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Have food prices changed since Trump’s inauguration? We are tracking it.
In partnership with Numerator, we’re tracking inflation over more than 30 essential ingredients for your daily food consumption.
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"Last week, I and two colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned after the White House’s firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez," Debra Houry writes. Here are three questions for RFK Jr.: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I resigned from the CDC. Here are three questions for RFK Jr.
I’ve seen the secretary’s effect on public health policy firsthand.
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I spend like half of my workday confirming entering passwords, codes from text messages, using my fingerprint and other tasks to confirm I am who I say I am.
Here is a look at of "Who is government?" which is edited by Michael Lewis. The book expands on a Post Opinions project in which seven writers examined some of the remarkable people who make up the federal workforce:
Opinion | Who is government?
Seven writers go in the search of the essential public servant, individuals who have put themselves forward to lead our government.
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It’s very difficult to get to interview a soccer player in Europe beyond the official press conferences. Meanwhile, in baseball, ESPN interviews players while they’re playing on a high-rivalry game
Lots of Barcelona match squads will include Toni Fernández and Guillermo Fernández this season. The two teenagers are cousins, born less than a month apart. The really weird thing is that not only are the players two fathers brothers, but their two mothers are sisters too.
Last week it was a nest of Asian giant hornets by the kids' bedroom window. Today it was a black widow right on our entrance door. Nature is trying to kick us out of this house.
The whole set of stories and illustrations (so far) here: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | When America was born
In the lead-up to the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, Post Opinions is publishing a series of essays and letters about the nation’s founding.
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Each time we publish a new America 250 story means a new illustration by Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral and another great day www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Each time we publish a new America 250 story means a new illustration by Sergio García Sánchez and Lola Moral and another great day www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
New superhero origins story just dropped www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
FDA urges recall of Walmart shrimp over radioactive contamination fear
The FDA detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in one shipment of Great Value frozen raw shrimp to Walmart. It said the affected shipment wasn’t sold.
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