Tens of millions of Americans, most of them men, tune in to sports talk radio. Is sports talk a haven for old-school guy talk, including misogyny and gay-bashing? For the final episode in our series…
Two families, both making big investments of time and money to involve their kids in sports. But the investments they’re able to make are very different. In Part 5 of “Contested,” our series on sports,…
Tal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexual athlete at Penn State. Maybe she would have if she’d known the school’s history. How much have times changed? In Part 4 of “Contested,” our series…
Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high school sports teams: The Redskins. Photo: Emblem in the main foyer at…
More from suburban St. Louis, post-Ferguson, on the popular notion that sports unites communities. Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents? Scene…
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen investigates in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies…
The latest episode of @SceneOnRadio could not be more timely: an exploration of so-called media objectivity in covering lynchings a century ago, and police killings today. Check it out. https://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e11-more-truth/
So excited that the #ViewFromSomewhere and excerpts from @nhannahjones @Deardarkness @dmindich @ramonammartinez are featured on @SceneOnRadio this week. With @catchatweetdown and John Biewen...it's kind of a dream come true! https://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e11-more-truth/
Minneapolis Mayor @Jacob_Frey says there should be charges in #GeorgeFloyd death. He said: "Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?...The officer who had his knee on the neck of George Floyd should be charged, and I'm calling on Hennepin County Attorney to do that."
She just said it. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1265694811014811654
I’ll just say it: a lot of politicians are scared of the political power of the police,and that’s why changes to hold them accountable for flagrant killings don’t happen. That in itself is a scary problem.
We shouldn’t be intimidated out of holding people accountable for murder.
"A lot of violence has been done to the truth in the name of objectivity." @catchatweetdown gets passionate about democracy, capitalism & journalism in The Land That Never Has Been Yet, with @LewisPants @nhannahjones @Deardarkness @dmindich @SceneOnRadio http://www.sceneonradio.org/tag/season-4/
