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Read the latest from Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation.
The Dark Side of the Democratic Party’s Embrace of Football
The hypermasculinity and violence of football connects to Kamala Harris’s bellicose convention speech. It could repel young voters.
What Was the Paris Olympics?
The Olympic Games supercharge the problems that already exist in a host city. We saw that in Paris—but what will happen in LA?
The Man Using Sports to Fight Israeli War Crimes
Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, says sports can be a nonviolent tool to resist occupation.
The Paris Olympics Has Launched a War on the Poor
Paris will almost certainly be remembered as a successful Olympic site. Such recollections, however, will leave out those who suffered under its weight.
We Must Defend Imane Khelif
Transphobia also hurts cisgender women like the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who don’t conform to a narrow, Eurocentric vision of womanhood.
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