Edge of Sports Column
Read the latest from Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation.
We Can’t Let the Kaepernick Era Be Erased From History
Critics say the Black Lives Matter movement in sports went too far. In reality, it didn’t go far enough, and the backlash to it has been brutal.
Kaepernick and the Movement He Inspired
I once thought the protests of athletes after George Floyd murder would launch a new era of sports activism. Ten years after Kaepernick first kneeled, I revisit what I wrote.
Enes Kanter Freedom’s Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women
The trans women in sports panic is nothing but a stalking horse for permitting violence against trans people—and we should celebrate players like Natasha Cloud who say so.
The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams
These private-equity vampires will just keep strip-mining the things that give us joy if we let them.
Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again
Zinn saw firsthand what happened when liberals did more to fight the left than the right—they sabotaged their own power.
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