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Dave Zirin

Washington, D.C.

Sports editor @thenation. Edge of Sports TV at https://t.co/dX4rfdcYQE Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.

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  • 1 day ago | progressive.org | Dave Zirin

    Erasure has always been a tool of autocratic regimes. If a group of people are deemed not only lesser, but also illegitimate in the eyes of the regime, then they can be scapegoated and brutalized. Those in the Trump regime have yet to find a history textbook they don’t want to censor. They seized the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the nation’s capital and canceled LGBTQ+ Pride events that had been scheduled to take place there in June.

  • 1 day ago | thenation.com | Dave Zirin

    Activism / June 5, 2025 The Timely Example of Dr. John CarlosAs the 1968 Olympian turns 80, his life provides a lesson for our times: Don’t sell out. Ad Policy Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze U.S. medalists in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, raise fists in a Black Power salute from the awards ceremony podium.

  • 3 days ago | thenation.com | Dave Zirin

    June 3, 2025 Bring Back Racist Mascots or New York’s Education Funding Gets ItIn yet another instance of mafia politics, the Trump administration is threatening to destroy the state’s public schools unless its reactionary social agenda is obeyed. Ad Policy Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaking during a press conference at Massapequa High School on May 30, 2025, discussing New York State’s ban on Native American mascots.

  • 3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Dave Zirin

    May 14, 2025 The Late Pete Rose Is Finally Welcome in Baseball’s Moral SlophouseJoe Jackson and Pete Rose will no longer be banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame. The decision is likely rooted the sport’s surrender to the gambling-addiction economy. Ad Policy Cincinnati Reds’ manager Pete Rose reacts to a reporters question on March 22, 1989, prior to their contest against the St. Louis Cardinals.

  • 1 month ago | thenation.com | Dave Zirin

    Ad Policy Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. arrives at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California. (CBS via Getty Images)This week on Edge of Sports, we speak to Jeanne Theoharis, author of the groundbreaking new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. It is a deep dive into the remarkable political work that King accomplished north of the Mason-Dixon Line and in Southern California.

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Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports
29 Oct 24

RT @LimeriTweets: .-. ELON MUSK IS A RACIST SH*TSTAIN Dave Zirin will bravely explain How Trump’s rally was totally insane ..his disinfo…

Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports
14 Oct 24

No speeches. Done with twitter. @elonmusk and his flunky @lindayaX are welcome to their tired, fascist disinfo dump. Find me @edgeofsports on all other platforms. My columns are @thenation and https://t.co/B2lU2GOe8L. Will keep DMs open for a bit if folk want to stay connected👊 https://t.co/yAh7VBEUs3

Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports
5 Oct 24

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Patrick’s Burner
Patrick’s Burner @Metroptimistic

I’ve never seen a bro more locked in. I think he’s going to murder Kyle Schwarber to start the game. https://t.co/Tz8ABxsoDN