Ahead of the first Formula One Grand Prix event in the United States this year on Sunday, the sport’s seven-time champion, Lewis Hamilton, has spoken out against a draft of a U. S. Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Read more…
Tag: Social Issues
50 years ago, Roe v. Wade and Title IX changed everything
When Martina Navratilova was growing up in then-communist Czechoslovakia, there were plenty of freedoms she didn’t have access to. But one thing she did was reproductive health care, including abortion. Read more…
White male athletes should kneel for abortion rights — it’s not like they’d get blackballed
If men can drop to one knee to propose to a woman, white male athletes that claim to care about women’s rights shouldn’t have a problem doing it again for abortion rights. Read more…
MLB suspends Trevor Bauer for two seasons over sexual assault allegations
The MLB suspended Trevor Bauer for two seasons over sexual assault allegations Friday. Read more…
A grim reminder of our insane gun culture
As gunshots rang out near a recent Little League game in North Charleston, S.C., every kid in sight knew how to act immediately. The game was no longer important. Get down and wait until the adults around them have deemed it’s safe to get up from sprawling on the ground. And try to stay alive. […]
MLB, please don’t reinstate Trevor Bauer anytime soon
Trevor Bauer is going to be reinstated by Major League Baseball at some point. We might as well accept it from the outset. We don’t know when the reinstatement will come. Earlier this week, MLB extended Bauer’s administrative leave through April 22. Read more…
Jackie Robinson died unhappy with baseball
There was no Jackie Robinson Day in 1972. On the 25th anniversary of him breaking the MLB color barrier on April 15, 1947 the league hadn’t retired his number. In fact until June 1972, the Dodgers had never retired a number. They would do so for him, Sandy Koufax, and Roy Campanella. The league didn’t […]
The Houston Texans are trying so hard to change their image that they’re donating to HBCUs
Hateful people run the same plays when they’re up against the wall. Misogynists tell us they have daughters. Homophobes claim they “love everyone” as God instructed. And racists surrounded themselves with people from the community they’ve discriminated against. Read more…
Tony Dungy is constantly used as a prop by bigots
Tony Dungy is one of the most important Black figures in NFL history, who has broken barriers on and off the field. Tony Dungy frequently finds himself in problematic situations that impede the community that he intends to do right by. Two things can be true at the same time. Read more…
Former Hillsong Church Pastor Reed Bogard Has Been Accused Of Rape By Junior Staffer
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Hillsong Church is once again facing some serious allegations. It turns out former Hillsong Dallas pastor Reed Bogard was accused of raping a junior female staffer who he had an affair with between 2013 and 2014 when he was serving at Hillsong location in New York City. According to an investigation […]