#blacklivesmatterWhere Residents In Oakland, California Stand On Defunding The PoliceOakland, California decided to pull back from a major increase to the police budget. But is that what residents in Oakland's neighborhoods want?ResumeOn Point47:34Aug 31, 2021Athlete Activism Against Police Violence Reminds Ken Shropshire Of '85's 'Sun City'"If the prize is ending racism in America, that's not going to happen with one action," Professor Kenneth Shropshire says.ResumeOnly A Game03:51Aug 28, 2020July 4th Is Different This Year, And Also The Same. 'Independence' Day Is ComplicatedIndependence Day this year comes against the backdrop of a pandemic, an economic depression, a reckoning on racism and the most divisive election in modern history. We wanted to try...ResumeCognoscenti05:18Jul 2, 2020'We Need Help': NCCU Coach LeVelle Moton Talks About Police BrutalityMoton called out coaches who haven't spoken out against police brutality. ResumeOnly A Game11:35Jun 12, 20203 Stories: NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag, Missing The Mark, More Than A GameProfessors Amira Rose Davis, Kevin Blackistone and Ken Shropshire discuss sports, racism and police brutality. ResumeOnly A Game19:05Jun 12, 2020Advertisement'Basketball Peaceful Protest': Bringing People Together One-On-OneStephania Ergemlidze has been playing basketball with police and with protestors during the protests.ResumeOnly A Game10:53Jun 12, 2020Athletes Take A Leading Role In Black Lives Matter Protests"Because of the huge vacuum that exists in leadership in the White House ... it is a tremendous opportunity," Prof. Ken Shropshire says.ResumeOnly A Game10:33Jun 5, 2020For A Florida H.S. Football Coach, Police Brutality Hits Close To HomeIn 2015, DJ Boldin's cousin, Corey Jones, was killed by a police officer, who was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.ResumeOnly A Game12:31Jun 5, 2020‘To My White Friends’: An Aspiring Sports Writer's Plea For Action"Is it going to take me lying on the pavement, murdered in cold blood, to motivate you to care?" Reagan Griffin Jr. writes. ResumeOnly A Game06:21Jun 5, 2020'Blackbird' Endures As A Meditation On The Struggle For Civil And Human RightsHistory is born and lives in the now, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, when we must once again fly “into the light of a dark black night.”CognoscentiJan 29, 2018'So You Want To Talk About Race'Is there a better way to talk about race and social justice? On Martin Luther King, Jr Day, we’ll try.ResumeOn Point48:45Jan 14, 2018State High Court Sends A Clear Message: Black Lives Do MatterThe SJC's decision is historic, writes Carol Rose, both as a matter of law and as a matter of justice.CognoscentiSep 22, 2016Kareem Abdul-Jabbar On American ValuesNBA all-time great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his call to heal this angry, divided country.ResumeOn Point47:17Aug 18, 2016Week In The News: Hillary Makes History, Trump’s Russian Roulette, Anger In BaltimoreThe Democrats look to take down Donald Trump. Trump plays the Russia card. All charges dropped in Baltimore’s Freddie Gray case. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. ResumeOn Point47:27Jul 29, 2016Charlie Pierce: The Week In SportsThe WNBA wants athletes to use their platforms to speak out on social and political issues. Or does it? Bill and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce look at the...ResumeOnly A Game06:14Jul 22, 2016The Fatal Consequences Of Pathologizing Race In AmericaKevin O'Kelly writes that Philando Castile was targeted for having a "wide-set nose." Did his features cost him his life?CognoscentiJul 13, 2016What The Terrible News Of The Past Week Means For MassachusettsHealthy and lasting reforms will happen only if we first confront hard truths about ourselves, including the fact that Massachusetts also suffers from implicit and systemic racial bias.CognoscentiJul 12, 2016It's Time To Stand Up: We All Have A Role To Play In Dismantling OppressionI hope the violence of the past week will become a turning point that tips us toward long-needed reform, and away from brutality and hate.CognoscentiJul 12, 2016The Most Important Moment For Civil Rights This Century Is Upon UsOne day we look back on this time and measure our government’s response to the chaos.CognoscentiJul 11, 2016Now Is Not The Time To Despair — Take Action InsteadDespair is worse than lazy; it is evil. This is no time to give up, change the subject, and “just get on our with our lives.”CognoscentiJul 11, 2016Next Page
Where Residents In Oakland, California Stand On Defunding The PoliceOakland, California decided to pull back from a major increase to the police budget. But is that what residents in Oakland's neighborhoods want?ResumeOn Point47:34Aug 31, 2021
Athlete Activism Against Police Violence Reminds Ken Shropshire Of '85's 'Sun City'"If the prize is ending racism in America, that's not going to happen with one action," Professor Kenneth Shropshire says.ResumeOnly A Game03:51Aug 28, 2020
July 4th Is Different This Year, And Also The Same. 'Independence' Day Is ComplicatedIndependence Day this year comes against the backdrop of a pandemic, an economic depression, a reckoning on racism and the most divisive election in modern history. We wanted to try...ResumeCognoscenti05:18Jul 2, 2020
'We Need Help': NCCU Coach LeVelle Moton Talks About Police BrutalityMoton called out coaches who haven't spoken out against police brutality. ResumeOnly A Game11:35Jun 12, 2020
3 Stories: NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag, Missing The Mark, More Than A GameProfessors Amira Rose Davis, Kevin Blackistone and Ken Shropshire discuss sports, racism and police brutality. ResumeOnly A Game19:05Jun 12, 2020
'Basketball Peaceful Protest': Bringing People Together One-On-OneStephania Ergemlidze has been playing basketball with police and with protestors during the protests.ResumeOnly A Game10:53Jun 12, 2020
Athletes Take A Leading Role In Black Lives Matter Protests"Because of the huge vacuum that exists in leadership in the White House ... it is a tremendous opportunity," Prof. Ken Shropshire says.ResumeOnly A Game10:33Jun 5, 2020
For A Florida H.S. Football Coach, Police Brutality Hits Close To HomeIn 2015, DJ Boldin's cousin, Corey Jones, was killed by a police officer, who was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.ResumeOnly A Game12:31Jun 5, 2020
‘To My White Friends’: An Aspiring Sports Writer's Plea For Action"Is it going to take me lying on the pavement, murdered in cold blood, to motivate you to care?" Reagan Griffin Jr. writes. ResumeOnly A Game06:21Jun 5, 2020
'Blackbird' Endures As A Meditation On The Struggle For Civil And Human RightsHistory is born and lives in the now, writes Julie Wittes Schlack, when we must once again fly “into the light of a dark black night.”CognoscentiJan 29, 2018
'So You Want To Talk About Race'Is there a better way to talk about race and social justice? On Martin Luther King, Jr Day, we’ll try.ResumeOn Point48:45Jan 14, 2018
State High Court Sends A Clear Message: Black Lives Do MatterThe SJC's decision is historic, writes Carol Rose, both as a matter of law and as a matter of justice.CognoscentiSep 22, 2016
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar On American ValuesNBA all-time great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his call to heal this angry, divided country.ResumeOn Point47:17Aug 18, 2016
Week In The News: Hillary Makes History, Trump’s Russian Roulette, Anger In BaltimoreThe Democrats look to take down Donald Trump. Trump plays the Russia card. All charges dropped in Baltimore’s Freddie Gray case. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. ResumeOn Point47:27Jul 29, 2016
Charlie Pierce: The Week In SportsThe WNBA wants athletes to use their platforms to speak out on social and political issues. Or does it? Bill and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce look at the...ResumeOnly A Game06:14Jul 22, 2016
The Fatal Consequences Of Pathologizing Race In AmericaKevin O'Kelly writes that Philando Castile was targeted for having a "wide-set nose." Did his features cost him his life?CognoscentiJul 13, 2016
What The Terrible News Of The Past Week Means For MassachusettsHealthy and lasting reforms will happen only if we first confront hard truths about ourselves, including the fact that Massachusetts also suffers from implicit and systemic racial bias.CognoscentiJul 12, 2016
It's Time To Stand Up: We All Have A Role To Play In Dismantling OppressionI hope the violence of the past week will become a turning point that tips us toward long-needed reform, and away from brutality and hate.CognoscentiJul 12, 2016
The Most Important Moment For Civil Rights This Century Is Upon UsOne day we look back on this time and measure our government’s response to the chaos.CognoscentiJul 11, 2016
Now Is Not The Time To Despair — Take Action InsteadDespair is worse than lazy; it is evil. This is no time to give up, change the subject, and “just get on our with our lives.”CognoscentiJul 11, 2016