Sports
Tennis comes a long way in new film “Battle of the Sexes”
October 12, 2017Picture the year 1973: The sexual revolution was in full swing, and on the tennis court, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs battled it out in front of 90 million people.
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Defend Black women: Jemele Hill’s ESPN suspension enables Trump’s agenda
October 11, 2017Hill stood up for justice, and it’s imperative that others stand with her.
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#TakeAKnee: The NFL and the fight against white supremacy
September 26, 2017What Trump’s really up to is stopping any discussion of the pervasive power of racism in this country.
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Boycotting the NFL: Colin Kaepernick and the right to resist
August 10, 2017“They're treating Kaepernick like a runaway slave, making him an example so other players get the message: Do not get too uppity, or we will blackball you.”
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Resistance and baseball: As American as apple pie
April 19, 2017Baseball, as a national sport, is culturally diverse, beautiful, and enriched by immigrants; just like the U.S. Let’s keep it that way.
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