Kelly Candaele

Los Angeles

Writer, documentary films, educator, Creator of the movie A League of Their Own

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Articles

My Afternoon with José Mujica

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Kelly Candaele

On May 13, José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica Cordano, who served as president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, died of cancer at his farmhouse in Rincón del Cerro outside the capital city of Montevideo. If you’ve never heard of Mujica, that’s not surprising. Uruguay is a small nation of only 3.5 million people, squeezed between the comparatively behemoth countries of Brazil and Argentina. The country holds little political power within South America.
Contributor: Should the Dodgers balk at a White House invitation this year?

2 months ago | latimes.com | Kelly Candaele |Peter Dreier

In 2019, Mookie Betts, then an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, refused President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House, along with eight of his teammates and the Red Sox manager, Alex Cora. The Red Sox were the World Series champs and the invite was standard presidential photo-op protocol.
Immigrants Have Always Made Baseball Better

Oct 18, 2024 | progressive.org | Kelly Candaele |Peter Dreier

At a recent Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game, thirty Japanese tourists sat together near the field along the third base line. They were in Los Angeles not to see a movie star or go to Disneyland, but to cheer on Japan’s most famous athlete—Dodgers slugger and likely National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Shohei Ohtani.
Democrats Should Not Underestimate Steve Garvey

Oct 18, 2023 | thenation.com | Peter Dreier |Kelly Candaele |Musa al-Gharbi |Jeet Heer

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