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  1. Tennis star Naomi Osaka brings a global lens to social justice advocacy

    The athlete, who won the U.S. Open while wearing masks with the names of Black victims of police violence, talks to street papers about her heritage and using her platform for good It’s no small feat to become one of the best athletes in the world by age ...

    24 Feb 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot

  2. Opinion | What #NotYourMascot owes #BLM

    Native American activism laid the groundwork for the Washington Football Team’s name change, but it wouldn’t have happened without Black Lives Matter This article was originally published in  Pollen Nation Magazine  and is republished here as part of a pa ...

    28 Jul 2020 - Jacqueline Keeler

  3. Street Roots vendors remember Kobe Bryant

    Their reactions to the death of the basketball superstar At any given moment, one could enter into the Street Roots doorway on Northwest Davis Street and hear an intense sports debate brewing among Street Roots vendors, staff and volunteers. Often, the co ...

    31 Jan 2020 - DeVon Pouncey

  4. Athletics Director Valerie Cleary stands out at Portland State

    While there are barriers for women of color in her field, she says, there are also advantages As Portland State University Athletics Director Valerie Cleary paced her way into the nearly 2-year-old Viking Pavilion, she had already tackled a couple of her ...

    24 Jan 2020 - DeVon Pouncey

  5. Professional athletes are opening up about their mental health

    COMMENTARY | And that’s a very good thing The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa, taking questions after collecting a career achievement award from the Association for Women in Sports Media. I ...

    19 Jul 2019 - John Affleck

  6. Jeremy Ebobisse is as expressive off the field as on it

    The Portland Timbers forward talks to Street Roots about how he uses his platform to advocate for social justice These days, with increasing frequency, sports and politics are destined to collide. A case in point is U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) reaching ...

    31 May 2019 - DeVon Pouncey

  7. Oregon sexual assault survivor is setting the expectation for college athletes

    Brenda Tracy is working to combat rape culture in sports The president. The Supreme Court. Hollywood. Journalism. Restaurants. Comedy. No aspect of American life has been untouched by sexual assault, sexual harassment and #MeToo, including the world of co ...

    2 Nov 2018 - Jason Cohen

  8. Street soccer: More than just a game

    The World Cup is one for the record books, but a different kind of soccer tournament continues to score big for the men and women who battle poverty and homelessness to take the pitch Under the soft sun of a Seattle spring day, a group of roughly two doze ...

    20 Jul 2018 - Ashley Archibald

  9. Make room for the broom

    The sport of quidditch has evolved beyond recognition from its fantastical beginnings in the Harry Potter books, but J.K. Rowling’s core message of acceptance and tolerance remains I have a broom handle between my legs, which I’m struggling not to drop wh ...

    18 May 2018 - Gary Ryan

  10. Etan Thomas and the intersection between athletes, activism

    The former NBA player talks to Street Roots about activism in sports; his new book, ‘We Matter’; and his interviews with families of unarmed victims The 2018 NBA postseason is in full swing. This is the platform that has created historic basketball moment ...

    20 Apr 2018 - DeVon Pouncey

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