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Trans athletes fight for inclusion in sports & racial economy of college football | Edge of Sports
Inclusion for trans athletes in sports has become a flashpoint in the culture war that extends from schools to international competitions. Katie Barnes joins Edge of Sports to discuss their new book, Fair Play: How…
Israel’s long war on Gaza w/Norman Finkelstein | The Chris Hedges Report
Israel has unleashed a horrific war of collective punishment against the people of Gaza, the latest in a long history of anti-Palestinian oppression. As corporate media shamelessly provides cover for what is undoubtedly a genocide…
Police Say They Have No Record Of This Arrest #policeaccountabilityreport
Our investigation doesn’t stop with just one report! We have continued to ask the New Braunfels, Texas police department for information regarding the encounter with Brittany Trevino, and strangely enough, after our records request we…
French whistleblower Stephanie Gibaud exposes worldwide banking fraud | The Chris Hedges Report
Warning signs of the instability of the global financial system abounded in the months leading up to the 2008 Lehman Brothers crash. Among these early signs were the astounding revelations about UBS, the world’s largest…
Anyone can be a journalist, and a journalist can come from anywhere
TRNN and Just Media teamed up this year to launch the POWER Fellowship, an in-depth summer training program for young, emerging journalists working to report stories from a critical perspective on policing and incarceration. On…
Cuba’s journey to the Little League World Series w/Belly of the Beast | Edge of Sports
People-to-people exchanges between the people of Cuba and the US are rare due to the over 50-year US blockade against the island. But this August, a group of Cuban youths traveled to Williamsport, PA to…
Why mass protests don’t work anymore w/Vincent Bevins
The decade from 2010 to 2020 was one that saw more people around the world participating in mass protests than at any other point in human history. And yet, looking back, the results of so…
Cuba at the Little League World Series, Deion Sanders & more! New #edgeofsports premiere
On a new Edge of Sports, Daniel Montero sits down with Dave Zirin for a follow-up to his documentary ‘Little League Dreams: Cuba’s Road to Williamsport,’ produced by Belly of the Beast. Professor Louis Moore…
Former Israeli soldier exposes IDF war crimes | The Marc Steiner Show
There’s a contradiction inherent in how Israel reckons with its atrocities against Palestinians. On one hand Israel’s leaders and their supporters call for the genocide of Palestinians, such as this past weekend when Israel’s Defense…
‘Our hearts are with the people in Gaza’: Demonstrators in London call to end Israeli Occupation
As the war between Israel and occupied Palestine escalates to terrifying heights, thousands of demonstrators swarmed central London earlier this week to show solidarity with Palestinians, to call for an end to the Israeli Occupation,…
UAW and SAG-AFTRA members give updates on ongoing strikes
United Auto Workers continue to ramp up their strike against the Big 3 automakers, SAG-AFTRA strikers continue to hold the line as negotiations with the Hollywood studios stall, and over 1,300 healthcare workers at PeaceHealth…
New #edgeofsports: Trans athletes fight for inclusion in sports w/Katie Barnes
On the season finale, author Katie Barnes joins Edge of Sports to discuss their new book, Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, which offers one of the most comprehensive views yet on how…
California is about to execute an innocent Black man | Rattling the Bars
A 1995 robbery gone wrong in the town of Tulare, California, ended with the murder of five people. For years, the police were unable to pin the case on anyone—until they arrested Timothy James Young….
Cops cuffed her for failing to signal, but a camera turned their plan upside down
Brittany Trevino of New Braunfels, Texas was going through her family storage unit two years ago when she was suddenly accosted by police and arrested under questionable circumstances. Trevino’s possession of a small pipe used…
Israelis “have no choice but to find a solution with the Palestinians” | The Marc Steiner Show
In this urgent installment of “Not in Our Name,” an ongoing series on The Marc Steiner Show bringing together Jewish voices around the world speaking out against the Israeli Occupation, we go to the heart…
Between Israel and Palestine, “Things are going to get a lot worse” | The Marc Steiner Show
With thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians slaughtered in the past week alone, with the total blackout and bombing of civilians in Gaza happening this very moment, with Israeli government officials speaking in openly genocidal…
Deion Sanders’ haters can’t stand his success—or that he’s Black
University of Colorado Boulder’s new head football coach, Deion Sanders, has made his team a sensation—but his success hasn’t come without detractors. Being a success in a mostly white field as a Black man always…