Dave Zirin

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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 weeks 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.

1 month 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.