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Billie Jean King: The First Female Athlete-Activist

Billie Jean King isn’t interested in being a legend—she’s interested in succession.

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To Expand the Economy, Invest in Black Businesses

For the descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States, entrepreneurship represents more than just owning a business and pursuing the proverbial American Dream.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What the NBA Championship Means to Me

Why is basketball different from all other sports leagues in embodying America’s social conscience? Perhaps because 83.1 percent of the players and 60 percent of the fans are non-white, making it the only major North American sport in which the majority of fans aren’t white.

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Life’s Work: An Interview with Megan Rapinoe

The bold and brash captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team cemented her place in sports history with an MVP performance in last year’s World Cup, including spot-on penalty kicks under pressure, even as President Donald Trump tweeted criticisms of her.

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“It Shows Up in Many Ways”: Latham Thomas Shares Her Experiences with Racism in the Beauty and Wellness Industry

Can I say people were outwardly racist? No, but it’s embedded in our consciousness. It’s not a matter of being overtly racist, it’s how deep it’s bound in there and how much we have to unbind. We all have it. Everyone carries white supremacy. - Latham Thomas

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Q&A with the Rev. William Barber, Building “Fusion Coalition” that Unites People Against Poverty

Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.

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“Racism May Target Black People, But It Damns a Democracy and It Damns Humanity”

Why Rev. William Barber thinks we need a moral revolution.

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The Greatest: Serena Williams—An Icon Who Broke Barriers and Shattered Records

“The cycles of poverty, discrimination and sexism,” she wrote in 2018, “are much, much harder to break than the record for grand slam titles.”

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As March Madness Rolls on, So Will the Myths of Black Athletic Superiority

Black sports stars have collectively achieved what they have because society presents them with few other options.

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America’s Moral Malady

The nation’s problem isn’t that we don’t have enough money. It’s that we don’t have the moral capacity to face what ails society.

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