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Pushing for a Sweatshop-Free Olympics

Michelle Chen, In These Times. July 22, 2012.

Labor activists with the Playfair 2012 campaign have seized the Olympic arena as a platform to spotlight how labor gets cheated around the world.

The Shocking Truth About Joe Paterno, Penn State and Governor Tom Corbett

Dave Zirin, The Nation. July 15, 2012.

After 7 months, 400 interviews and the review of more than 3.5 million documents, Louis Freeh has completed his report on the dark underside of Penn State University.

Immigration, Sports, and Resistance: An Interview with Carlos Borja

Gilda Ochoa, Rethinking Schools. June 29, 2012.

After Carlos Borja built an award-winning track team, he was fired for refusing to oust his assistant coach, who was undocumented.

What Horrible Right-wing (or Criminal) Cause Is Your Favorite Sports Team Connected To?

Erik Malinowski, Salon. May 23, 2012.

Franchise owners have relations to organized crime, government surveillance, deep-pocketed political entities and financial irregularities that bilked people out of billions.

How Equality In Sports is Undermined by Compulsory Heterosexuality

Leanne Norman, Feministe. April 26, 2012.

Dispelling the pervasive hidden ideology that women in sports must appear feminine.

March Madness: Do Scholarships Leave Student-Athletes Powerless in the NCAA Game?

Jamilah King, ColorLines. March 29, 2012.

A scholarship system that once empowered student athletes now leaves them at the mercy of their coaches -- and a multibillion dollar industry.

Why MIA Was Right to Give America the Finger at the Super Bowl

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 10, 2012.

The Sri Lankan-British performer gave us all the finger at the Superbowl. Maybe we deserved it.

How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. February 6, 2012.

That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.

How the Super Bowl Became the Center of a Political Showdown for Players and Workers

Jamilah King, ColorLines. February 5, 2012.

The NFL’s Players Association, the union that represents the league’s athletes, has come out in opposition to Indiana's proposed Right to Work legislation.

Mitch Daniels' State of the Union Response Shows GOP Priority: Beating Up on Workers

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. January 25, 2012.

Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a building surrounded by dozens of police cars and chanting activists, protesting his latest anti-union move.

Occupy the Super Bowl? Indiana's Workers Eye Dramatic Next Steps in Fight Against Anti-Union Bill

Theresa Moran, Labor Notes. January 22, 2012.

Dems in the legislature skipped sessions to block the bill, and rallies in protest draw crowds of thousands as Indiana workers fight a union-busting "right-to-work" bill.

Super Bowl-Level Stakes for Indiana Labor in Battle Over Union Rights

Roger Bybee, In These Times. January 9, 2012.

Governor Mitch Daniels' attempt to pass a "right-to-work" law in Indiana extends the GOP's war on organized labor beyond the public sector and into the private.

Why No One Did Anything About My Gymnastics Coach's Sexual Abuse

Jennifer Sey, Salon. November 18, 2011.

In the microcosmic world of hyper-competitive athletics, a high-performance culture where winning trumps all, obvious moral choices become blurred.

6 Right-Wing Sports Team Owners Bankrolling Their Radical Agenda With Your Tax Dollars

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. September 22, 2011.

Professional sports team owners are among the wealthiest people in the world--and some of the most influential right-wing ideologues in the country.

Hockeyhell: The NHL's LGBT Wars, and What Happens When Pro Athletes Make Progressive Statements

Bethlehem Shoals, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

Professional athletes are increasingly expressing their staunch political beliefs, from left to right. How do we distinguish when politics are simply commerce?

Why Do Progressive Athletes Still Get All the Crap for Speaking Out?

Bethlehem Shoals, AlterNet. May 6, 2011.

Longtime Celtic and outspoken political firebrand Bill Russell is being honored with a statue, but professional sports still have a long way to progress politically.

The Fix Is in: How Sports Owners Have Priced Out the Middle Class, and Rip off the Public with New Stadiums

Brian Tuohy, Feral House. February 3, 2011.

If owners are not loyal to the fan, why are the fans so loyal to them?

New York Sharks Women Tackle the Football World

Merle Exit, The Wip. January 7, 2011.

The Woman's Football Alliance is tackling a sport that's typically associated with men, and making it their own.

We Celebrate Sports Star Immigrants and Vilify the Rest

Nellie Nelson, AlterNet. November 7, 2010.

Sports coverage all too often ignores when successful athletes are part of groups targeted by right-wing fear-mongering.

Why Pro Athletes Make Lousy Public Officials

Robert Lipsyte, TomDispatch.com. October 21, 2010.

Old sportswriters are always being asked for tips on big games. Here’s one for the big game of life: never vote for a jock.

What If You and Your Neighbors Owned Your Local Sports Teams?

Roy Ulrich, AlterNet. November 4, 2009.

Sports franchises shouldn't necessarily be in the hands of private parties.

Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya

Stop the Humiliating 'Sex-Testing' of Champion Runner Caster Semenya

Dave Zirin, Sherry Wolf, The Nation. August 22, 2009.

South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"-- it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.

Bailed Out Banks Still Blowing Millions on Sports Sponsorships

Katharine Zaleski, Huffington Post. February 2, 2009.

Tax paying sports fans beware... it appears that you may be helping sponsor major teams whether you like them or not!

Plaxico Burress Shooting: Cue the Hypocrites

Dave Zirin, The Nation. December 10, 2008.

Why ponder the economic meltdown and two wars when millionaire black athletes like Plaxico Burress walk among us ... with guns?

12 Year Old Basketball Phenom Banned From the "Boys Team"

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. May 27, 2008.

A 12 year old girl who is six feet tall was banned from playing with the boys because she was too good.

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