Sports, Arts and Culture

Athletes are workers

The players of the National Basketball Association – the vast majority of them African Americans – carried out a historic…

September 2, 2020

Black NBA executive abused by white police officer

The Toronto Raptors won their first National Basketball Association championship in Oakland, Calif., in June 2019, when they defeated the…

August 24, 2020

En honor a las Ligas Nacionales Negras: Solo la pelota era blanca

Este año, 2020, es el centenario de las Ligas Nacionales Negras. No la Liga Nacional de Grandes Ligas, sino las…

August 19, 2020

<span class="streamer">In honor of Negro National Leagues:</span><br /> Only the ball was white

This year, 2020, is the 100th birthday of the Negro National Leagues. Not Major League Baseball’s National League, but the…

August 14, 2020

Athletes continue to build broad support for BLM

U.S. athletes continue to express their solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests around the country, as professional sports attempt to…

July 28, 2020

Black entertainers & the roots of anti-Semitism — WW commentary

The commentary below, “LeBron James’ apology & the roots of anti-Semitism” first appeared Dec. 29, 2018, on workers.org.  Its reprint…

July 24, 2020

Athletes demand justice for Breonna Taylor

The struggle to bring about justice for Breonna Taylor continues. The 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician was fatally shot…

July 21, 2020

NBA players support reporter vs. right-wing senator

The intersection between sports culture and politics can happen at any given time. And at this particular juncture, the Black…

July 21, 2020

Like apple pie and baseball — and football

Tom Morello — renowned Black guitarist in the band Rage Against the Machine — spoke truth to power when he…

July 20, 2020

This rebellion is more than about police violence–a WW commentary

An earth-shattering rebellion against police violence and systemic racism just completed its fourth week, culminating with tens of thousands of…

June 22, 2020