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Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal
November 18, 2020
The exiled quarterback stands up for an imprisoned revolutionary, bringing Mumia’s case into the current moment. 
Tweaking the NFL’s Rooney Rule Is Not Enough
November 13, 2020
Unless players and fans confront the NFL’s racist hiring practices, the league will never change. 
Who Will Be the Marcus Rashford of the USA?
November 11, 2020
The 23-year-old UK soccer star is fighting for government intervention to end hunger. This is desperately needed in the United States. 
Athletes Are No Substitute for a Functioning Government
November 5, 2020
Patrick Mahomes and LeBron James have tried to help people vote this election season, but it’s not their job. 
College Football’s Great Defender Has Covid-19
October 31, 2020
The people in power who used Trevor Lawrence as a stalking horse for their own profit motives should be ashamed. 
Covid Takes Center Stage at the World Series
October 28, 2020
Protocols exist to protect players from themselves—and during a pandemic, from each other. 
Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again
October 23, 2020
By using Title IX to threaten a school’s federal funding, DeVos and Trump are imposing their own definition of what constitutes a woman athlete. 
Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous
October 21, 2020
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck would be right to call them out for what they are: outrageously wasteful publicity stunts. 
NBA Bubble Postmortem
October 16, 2020
Were NBA players correct to finish their season, given concerns that they would distract from the movements in the streets? I think they were. 
If the NBA Stands for Racial Justice, What About Tom Gores?
October 12, 2020
The franchise owner of the Detroit Pistons also owns a predatory prison telephone company. Shouldn’t that matter to the NBA? 
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