Whether it’s basketball, billiards, or table tennis, sports in the U.S are segregated by sex. And most of the time those divisions are taken to be natural, not the result of social choices. Journalist Laura Pappano asserts that sports play a key role in shaping American politics and argues for breaking down the gender wall … Continued
In 1936, Nazi Germany hosted the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, amidst international calls to boycott. It was an enormously consequential event in the politics of the times, granting Hitler an international spotlight to promote the Third Reich. Much less known, as writer Michael Waters argues, is how Nazi eugenics and paranoia about transgender athletes … Continued
Atlanta is a pivotal city for reasons cultural, economic, and political. And so the changes that the city and metropolitan area have undergone since the 1990s have been consequential, deepening class and racial inequality. As Dan Immergluck points out, these shifts were not the inevitable product of market forces, but the result of political decisions. … Continued
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We speak with Hip Hop pioneers Tara K and Grandmixer DXT about breakdancing in the Olympics.
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We speak with activist and hunger striker Shagoofa Khan and Sevgi Fernandez from Together We Stand about the battles being waged in the city Antioch. As well as the rally for police accountability in happening this Saturday in Antioch, California. Later we speak with anthropologist and professor Katrina Karkazis about the troubling case and recent … Continued
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Dr. Katrina Karkazis, the Stanford bioethicist spoke candidly about the ban that makes female athletes with naturally high levels of testosterone ineligible to compete under International Association of Athletics Federation rules. International sports organizations have long subjected female elite female athletes to humiliating practice of sex testing, designed to identify those with abnormally high testosterone … Continued
