Sports, Arts and Culture

African-American jockeys battle racism

The Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.  It  opened in 1863, and became a…

February 9, 2015

Racism in the Academy behind snubbing of ‘Selma’

Institutionalized racism in the U.S. comes in many forms — some of it subtle, some not so subtle. The not…

January 20, 2015

Cuba awards Nyad ‘Order of Merit in Sports’

From cubadebate.cu. Aug. 30 — Today, Cuba awarded the “Order of Merit in Sports” to U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, who…

September 6, 2014

Racism, sports and Donald Sterling

The owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, was caught on audiotape April 9 making undeniably…

April 27, 2014

Michael Sam: Big step forward for LGBTQ athletes

By Scott Williams and Imani Henry “I’m a college graduate, African-American, and I’m gay.” With these words spoken on Feb.…

February 18, 2014

Chilean soccer team supports Palestine

The Club Deportivo Palestino, a first division football (soccer) team in Chile, has found a novel and dramatic way to…

January 19, 2014

Film review: “12 Years a Slave” illustrates horrors of U.S. slavery

Africans were enslaved by Britain and the United States in continental North America for nearly 250 years (1619-1865). The profits…

December 3, 2013

First Jackie Robinson; now Jason Collins

When the great African-American baseball player, Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier of the then all-white, segregated Major Baseball League…

May 9, 2013

Sexism, class society and the Oscars

The following article is based on a talk given by Monica Moorehead, a WW managing editor and WWP Secretariat member,…

March 6, 2013

Palestinian filmmaker detained at LAX

Palestinian director Emad Burnat and his family were detained and threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration officials when they arrived…

February 27, 2013