On Tuesday, September 6, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team signed a landmark equal pay agreement guaranteeing identical pay with members of the men’s team. This is the result of a long fight that women’s soccer activists have carried out to receive gender equality...
Since March of this year, WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner has been incarcerated in Russia, and is now facing 10 years in prison. She – like many other WNBA stars – has played there professionally in her off-season for seven years because women athletes simply...
This article was written by Jules Boycoff and originally published at jacobinmag.com on February 4, 2022. It has been republished here with permission from the author. On the cusp of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, activists are ramping up their opposition to the...
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigned in disgrace last week after a series of emails in which he used racist, sexist, and anti-gay remarks to criticize other people working within the NFL. Gruden’s remarks surfaced within the course of a separate investigation,...
The Olympic Games concluded on August 8th and many of us enjoyed watching the world-class performances on display in all the different events. In many ways, the Olympics serve as a snapshot of the incredible talents that human beings around the world possess. While...
