Tag: Black Lives Matter
A brief history of the NFL, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ the Super...
Mark Clague, University of Michigan
When NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden visited the White House in August 1945, no sitting...
Death penalty can express society’s outrage – but biases often taint...
Amelia Wirts, University of Washington
In its hearing on Oct. 13, 2021, the Supreme Court appeared to favor reinstating...
Tracking anniversaries of Black deaths isn’t memorializing victims – it’s objectifying...
Lee M. Pierce, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
National Good Samaritan Day fell on March 13...
Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for...
Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark ; Jeannine Bell, Indiana University, and Ric Simmons, The Ohio State University
Scholars...
The insurrection at the Capitol challenged how US media frames unrest...
Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota
The chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday wasn’t typical. Nor was the coverage.
Footage carried live by cable news...
Let’s call athletes ‘workers,’ and let’s call these NBA protests what...
Abraham I. Khan, Pennsylvania State University
The Milwaukee Bucks’ startling refusal to take to the court for their NBA playoff game on Aug. 26 was...
John Lewis traded the typical college experience for activism, arrests and...
Jelani M. Favors, Clayton State University
As an 18-year-old student attending a training session for activists at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, John...
Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of...
Joshua T. Beck, University of Oregon
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Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into...