Tuesday, May 14, 2024

The legacy of America’s first Wrestlemania president

Professional sports and professional wrestling tap into a primal level of tribalism that Trump has funneled into a form of nationalism.

Taking a knee, standing for justice

Principled stands taken at great risk are often how movements are born.

Trump, NFL protests and the price of freedom

A reader responds to Donald Trump’s remarks disparaging NFL players for peacefully protesting against the treatment of black Americans.
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Take the knee: Athletes unite in historic protest against racism & police brutality, defying...

It was the biggest display of athletic defiance in years.
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Jimmy Kimmel to Sen. Bill Cassidy: “Stop using my name!”

“Most of the congresspeople who vote on this bill probably won’t even read it.”

The right of return: Will Syria’s refugees be able to rebuild their country?

Western media continues to lend legitimacy to the extremists who have rampaged through Syria for 6 years.

Fox & Friends attacks public schools for teaching climate change and LGBTQ issues

Pete Hegseth: Parents “don't understand that even our public schools today ... have an agenda”

Los Angeles changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day

“This gesture of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is a very small step in apologizing and in making amends.”

How Exxon used the New York Times to make you question climate science

These oil companies were not as naive or uncertain as they long pretended to be.

5 things the mainstream media missed about Charlottesville

We can’t ignore the long history of white supremacist violence – and anti-fascist organizing.