Jemele Hill
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Adam Maida / Getty / The Atlantic Conservative Donors Have Their Own Cancel Culture
University of Texas athletes have pushed their school to disavow its past. Wealthy alumni have other ideas.
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Adam Maida / Getty / The Atlantic America Didn’t Need Sports After All
The public’s emotional connection to big-money athletics has been grossly overestimated.
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Christian Petersen / Getty The Problem With Mandatory Patriotism in Sports
Amid renewed attention to inequity in American life, pro leagues shouldn’t strong-arm teams into playing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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Max Sansing Curt Flood Belongs in the Hall of Fame
His defiance changed baseball and helped assert Black people’s worth in American culture.
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Robin Alam / Icon Sportswire / Getty ‘Some Team Has to Want Me’
The NFL has pledged to address racism, but team owners still won’t put Black coaches in charge.
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Stephen Gosling / NBAE / Getty The WNBA Can’t Keep Kelly Loeffler Around
The defeated senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner is too far out of sync with the league’s values.
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Jim McIsaac / Getty / The Atlantic Denial Isn’t Working Out for College Football
The coronavirus keeps infecting players and disrupting game schedules, but schools are acting as if the pandemic isn’t happening.
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Mike Ehrmann / Getty Trump Attacked Black Athletes—And Paid for It in the End
LeBron James and other players mobilized to oust the president, and it worked.
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Daniel Acker / The New York Times / ... She Did It
Despite the barriers, despite the pain, Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, the first Asian American, and the first Black American to be elected vice president.
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Justin Sullivan / Reuters Kamala Harris Claims Her Power
The senator from California leaves no doubt that she belongs on the national stage.
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Michael B. Thomas / Getty Stop Calling Breonna Taylor’s Killing a ‘Tragedy’
Casting deaths like hers as unavoidable accidents shifts blame to Black people and undermines the cause of reform.
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Rick Loomis / The New York Times / ... For the Big Ten, the Money Was Just Too Tempting
College presidents have made peace with the risks of playing during the pandemic.
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David Dow / NBAE / Getty NBA Players Put America on Notice
They want to protect Black lives, and threatening an industry’s money and the public’s entertainment was the only option left.
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Mitchell Leff / Getty Pro Baseball Is Courting Disaster
Financially motivated wishful thinking has collided with reality.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Anti-Semitism We Didn’t See
DeSean Jackson’s Hitler moment—and mine—showed that Black Americans’ experience of racism doesn’t automatically sensitize us toward other forms of prejudice.
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Getty / The Atlantic The NFL Can’t Fight Racism When Owners Support Trump
The league’s rhetoric conflicts with plutocrats’ political commitments.
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Thearon W. Henderson / Getty / The Atlantic The NFL Is Suddenly Worried About Black Lives
When the league had the opportunity to be on the right side of history, it chose the coward’s path.
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Getty / The Atlantic Dear Graduates, Never Wait Your Turn
For those who strive to be more than average, discomfort is a source of strength.
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USA Today Sports / Reuters The Game Cannot Go On
Events without live spectators don’t change the basic problem: Athletes are vulnerable to the coronavirus too.
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Bob Levey / Getty The Kobe I Knew Became a Champion for Others
The Lakers legend was fearless, driven, and excellent.
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