football

NFL union’s solidarity with Bessemer Amazon workers right to a union

Following the May 25, 2020, public murder of 46-year-old George Floyd by Minneapolis police, masses of people took to the…

February 2, 2021

Like apple pie and baseball — and football

Tom Morello — renowned Black guitarist in the band Rage Against the Machine — spoke truth to power when he…

July 20, 2020

Protest disrupts football game over climate crisis

During halftime at the classic Yale and Harvard football game on Nov. 23 in New Haven, Conn., hundreds of protesters…

December 6, 2019

Violence, racism and football

Cleveland is a midwestern city of roughly 400,000 people. Not much that happens there makes national news. But even the…

November 21, 2019

Protesters at football events say #NoDAPL

Two important protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock, N.D., gained national attention during football-related…

January 4, 2017

Football star Colin Kaepernick sits for U.S. anthem to ‘Stand up for oppressed people’

Bulletin:  The San Francisco Police Officers Association, which always defends killer cops like the ones who fatally shot Mario Woods,…

August 30, 2016

Northwestern football players can unionize

In a move that could change the rights of many of the 420,000 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) athletes, the…

April 18, 2014

Ruling says university football players are workers, can form union

The following is an abridged version of “The Northwestern University Football Union and the NCAA’s Death Spiral” written by Dave…

March 30, 2014

More than 800 protest racist Washington football team name

By Chris Getowicz Minneapolis Over 800 people gathered here, Nov. 7, to demand the Washington Redskins change their racist name.…

December 2, 2013

Football & gay rights

Sports training focuses on working together as a highly calibrated unit. If factors having nothing to do with ability damage…

September 17, 2012