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3 weeks ago | slate.com | Josh Levin

Jenny Cavnar grew up in a baseball family. Her dad was a high school coach in Colorado, and as a kid she loved to run out and hug him as soon as his games were over. Cavnar was always the first one on the field—until one day in the early ’90s, when a local sportscaster named Marcia Neville beat her to it. It was in that moment, seeing a female journalist at work, that Cavnar started to believe that she could have a career in sports.

3 weeks ago | drumup.io | Josh Levin

Skip to the content Contains Some Kind of Wordplay Sports Jenny Cavnar grew up in a baseball family. Her dad was a high school coach in Colorado, and as a kid she loved to run out and hug him as soon as his games were over. Cavnar was always the first one on the field—until one day in the early ’90s, when a local sportscaster named Marcia Neville beat her to it.

Jan 11, 2025 | slate.com | Josh Levin

History Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The way Anita Bryant told it, she didn’t have a choice but to build a nationwide antigay movement.

Nov 5, 2024 | slate.com | Josh Levin

Skip to the content Stop Doomscrolling and Get To Meatball Rolling Advice This is part of Wedge Issues, a pop-up advice column about politics, running through the election. Dear Wedge Issues, I am having trouble living with my rage. Yes, I have rage about the prospect of another four years of Trump. But the burning hot flame that’s currently roasting me from the inside is from farther in the past: the 2000 election. I can’t get over it. I need help.

Nov 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Josh Levin

This is part of Wedge Issues, a pop-up advice column about politics, running through the election. Dear Wedge Issues,I am having trouble living with my rage. Yes, I have rage about the prospect of another four years of Trump. But the burning hot flame that’s currently roasting me from the inside is from farther in the past: the 2000 election. I can’t get over it. I need help. I was 25 in 2000, a Gore voter surrounded by Naderites.