Sports, Arts and Culture

First Black woman coach in the NFL

Black history includes the hiring of the first and only Black female professional football coach in the U.S. She is…

February 15, 2018

Cleveland: Partial victory against racist sports symbol

After decades of struggle, the hated racist symbol of Cleveland’s professional baseball team will finally be removed from uniforms, caps…

February 11, 2018

NFL players unite in protest after racist White House yells ‘Fire them’

Sept. 25 — In an unprecedented display of solidarity, over 200 National Football League players from the vast majority of…

September 25, 2017

ESPN sportscaster Jemele Hill calls Trump a white supremacist & rightfully so

Some of the most prominent athletes, especially in professional sports, are refusing to be viewed as “dumb jocks” or to…

September 18, 2017

Sports figures tackle Trump, racism

The Aug. 12 protest in Charlottesville, Va., where thousands of anti-racist activists united against armed white supremacist terrorists, has galvanized…

August 23, 2017

Rape culture, sports and profits

Bulletin: On Dec. 19, Judge Aaron Persky, who had sentenced rapist Brock Turner to only six months in jail after…

December 19, 2016

Sparked by Kaepernick – Sports protests pummel racism

Colin Kaepernick’s lone action condemning police brutality against Black people has multiplied into the most widespread mass protest against racism…

October 13, 2016

Racism, sexism tarnish Olympic Games

Moorehead is the 2016 presidential candidate of Workers World Party. With a father who was a basketball coach and a…

September 1, 2016

Athletes show wide support for BLM

The Republican National Convention, which nominated the white supremacist, fascistic Donald Trump as its presidential candidate, has added fire under…

July 26, 2016

The intersection between sports and fighting police violence

The ESPY Awards honor individual and team athletes in the U.S. and worldwide for outstanding achievements on a yearly basis.…

July 19, 2016