Sports, Arts and Culture

On the Picket Line

Nurses across U.S. declare: Safe staffing saves lives Nurses must sound like a broken record to some, especially the greedy…

September 21, 2022

Nichelle Nichols: aiming for the stars

Almost nine decades ago, a few years shy of a century, in fact, a Black girl was born in Robbins,…

August 10, 2022

Bill Russell was a revolutionary
Death of the basketball legend at 88 should remind us of his courage off the court

By Dave Zirin The following article first appeared at thenation.com/article/society/bill-russell-obituary/. William Felton Russell revolutionized basketball with a simple innovation: jumping.…

August 4, 2022

Groundswell of support to free Brittney Griner

The struggle to bring Brittney Griner home intensifies. The star center for the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Mercury has…

July 21, 2022

Ons Jabeur: a trailblazer

The oldest and most prestigious Grand Slam tennis tournament is the All-England Tennis Championships, located at Wimbledon in a suburb…

July 12, 2022

Editorial: El Título IX se debilita con la sentencia Roe del TSE

Al Mundial de Fútbol, 19 de septiembre de 2016, la jugadora Megan Rapinoe se arrodilló durante el himno nacional estadounidense,…

July 12, 2022

The campaign to bring Brittney Griner home

Brittney Griner is a 31-year-old, 6-foot, 9-inch center for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association. As a…

July 11, 2022

Title IX weakened by SCOTUS Roe ruling

June 23 marked the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the federal legislation mandating equal opportunities for men’s and women’s participation…

June 27, 2022

Museum workers hop on the union train

Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO…

June 10, 2022