Sports, Arts and Culture

‘1619 Project’: Progressive educators oppose reactionary legislation

By Andy Terhune Right-wing lawmakers in 15 states are passing legislation that will require public school teachers to teach a…

May 27, 2021

‘What’s Going On?’ 50 years later

One year ago, May 26, 2020, the video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparked months…

May 25, 2021

Reflections on prisons – Honoring Malcolm X & Ho Chi Minh

May 19 marks the 96th anniversary of the birthday of Malcolm X and the 131st for Ho Chi Minh. Although…

May 19, 2021

Syracuse, N.Y., ‘Black Athletes Lives Matter!’

Syracuse, N.Y. Hundreds of Syracuse University students marched through snow during a Black Athletes Lives Matter (BALM) action against police…

April 29, 2021

Paul Robeson gave voice to the trees and forests

This article first appeared on Jan. 27, 2015.  Robeson was born April 9, 1898 and died Jan. 23, 1976. If…

April 9, 2021

Baseball’s All-Star Game removed from Atlanta due to repressive voting law

Major League Baseball announced April 2 that its annual All-Star Game, scheduled for July 13, would be moved from Atlanta…

April 6, 2021

Megan Rapinoe: soccer star, political activist

Megan Rapinoe’s captivating autobiography, “One Life,” traces how her upbringing and lifelong joy of playing soccer led to stardom and…

April 2, 2021

NCAA exposed for sexist practices in women’s basketball

March Madness is underway — an annual two-and-a-half week tournament that seeds 68 men’s basketball teams belonging to National Collegiate…

March 30, 2021

An appreciation of the magnificent Cicely Tyson

Harriet Tubman in “A Woman Called Moses,” “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” as Coretta Scott King in “King,” Rebecca…

February 1, 2021

Hank Aaron’s legacy is more than just baseball

Henry “Hank” Aaron may not have played the same historical role as the great Jackie Robinson, who broke the color…

January 25, 2021