Ray Halbritter is longtime activist who fought denigrating sports mascots. Now he’s onto a bigger project: Better Indigenous representation in movies.
Author: Mike Freeman, USA TODAY
Opinion: New Nielsen poll offers hope that we’ll ‘see the end of Native mascots’
A new Nielsen poll shows younger people are understanding the use of Natives as mascots is wrong. It’s a positive sign their use could soon end.
Opinion: Real cancel culture isn’t moving MLB All-Star Game, it’s the erasing of Black lives
Cancel culture isn’t the moving of MLB All-Star Game. Cancel culture is actually the erasing of Black Lives as Doc Rivers reminds us all.
Football wives say NFL’s race-norming ‘most despicable,’ but their power could change history
The wives and partners of former NFL players are fighting the use of race-norming in the concussion settlement. “Racism is always economic,” says one.
Opinion: The gutless Atlanta Braves put themselves on the wrong side of history
Commissioner Rob Manfred pulled this year’s All-Star Game from Atlanta following a bevy of voter suppression laws. The Braves, in response, whiffed.
Opinion: ‘We lost:’ This time when fighting racism, the sports world failed
Unlike in 1991, when the NFL led the fight against the state of Arizona, sports failed to unify and fight Georgia’s ugly voter suppression efforts.
‘I wanted to do what was right’: Tommie Smith and Colin Kaepernick connected across history
A few seconds of Tommie Smith’s life led to the intersection of two heroes, Smith and Colin Kaepernick, separated by time, a podium and a knee.
Opinion: Super Bowl 55 officiating was terrible but no conspiracy, just typically inconsistent
Super Bowl 55 showed a core problem with NFL officiating. You never know how game officials will call a game week-to-week.
Opinion: Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett reveals dark but important thoughts about NFL life
Martellus Bennett’s thoughts about playing in the NFL and life after the NFL are dark but vital to understand the reality players face.
Opinion: Meek Mill, Jay-Z and other big names in sports fight for criminal justice reform
A criminal justice reform organization, led by Meek Mill and several sports owners, is trying to change America’s draconian probation system.