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New Edge of Sports premiere with former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf 7pm ET #edgeofsports
Decades before Kaepernick, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf protested the national anthem. Now the former NBA player looks back on the influence of Malcolm X and the importance of political education in shaping his life. The Real News…
He refused to stand for the national anthem. It cost him his NBA career | Edge of Sports
In the early 90s, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a promising career ahead of him in the NBA as an up-and-coming star. That all changed in 1996 when he refused to stand for the US National Anthem…
DeSantis uses sports in war on ‘wokeness’ in colleges | Edge of Sports
The New College of Florida has become a testing ground for Governor Ron DeSantis’s war on “wokeness” in education. The state government has shut down entire departments, gutted the office of diversity, equity, and inclusion,…
Cops tried to give him a petty ticket, then things turned ugly | PAR
After the death of his father, Andru Kulas just wanted to spend a night out with his friends. Things took a turn when a group of men suddenly approached his friend and pushed her to…
Government shutdown: What happens to the NLRB?
It is looking increasingly likely that Congressional Republicans will bring the federal government to a shutdown starting this weekend. “U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be furloughed…
What JFK tried to do before his assassination w/Jeffrey Sachs | The Chris Hedges Report
We will never know the world that could have been had President John F. Kennedy’s assassination never taken place, but an inkling of how things could have been different can be found in the final…
Her father was granted parole. The governor took it away | Rattling the Bars
Thomas “Tahaka” Gaither was out on parole when then-Gov. Glendening of Maryland revoked parole for all persons convicted of a life sentence. Since the late 1990s, Gaither has remained incarcerated—despite once having been deemed fit…
What the hell happened in Spain’s elections? | The Marc Steiner Show
Spain’s elections on July 23 yielded a surprise result that’s left the country without a government for more than 10 weeks now. While the conservative Partido Popular (PP) won the most votes, no clear majority…
New #edgeofsports: Michael Ray Richardson opens up on how the drug war killed his NBA career
In his first TV interview in years, legendary point guard Michael Ray Richardson joins Edge of Sports to talk about his new memoir, Banned, which chronicles how the drug war ended his NBA career. Watch…
Michael Ray Richardson: My life after the NBA | Edge of Sports
In his first TV interview in years, legendary point guard Michael Ray Richardson joins Edge of Sports to talk about his new memoir, Banned, which chronicles how the drug war ended his NBA career. Richardson…
East Palestine and railroad workers need to team up against corporations!
GoFundMe for the Albright family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-albright-family/share It’s been eight months since a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment turned life upside down for people living in and around East Palestine, Ohio. While East Palestine has faded…
Why does America love football? The answer is imperialism | Edge of Sports
The US is the only country on earth where the word “football” refers to a different sport from the rest of the world. Where did American football come from, and why is it that the…
What the Vietnam War was like w/Doug Rawlings | The Chris Hedges Report
Doug Rawlings found poetry in 1970 after returning from his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Over fifty years later, he returned to Vietnam for the first time. In conversation with Chris Hedges, Rawlings…
Hunting down illegal Airbnbs with the first enforcement squad in North America
Canada’s first dedicated squad of short-term rental inspectors — also known as Montreal’s new Airbnb police. In partnership with The Real News Network, Ricochet Media had the chance to join them as they hunted down…
The Bucks, Thunder, and Raiders stadiums are all scams | Edge of Sports
As public infrastructure crumbles nationally, public funds are pouring into new stadium construction projects. The Milwaukee Bucks, the Las Vegas Raiders, and Oklahoma City Thunder are just a few examples of teams whose owners stand…
US Government Reaches Settlement in Family Separation Lawsuit
After years of negotiations, the US government has finally reached a settlement in the 2018 class action family separation lawsuit filed on behalf of families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. ** (Disclaimer: This…
The Battle for the Future of Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast
The local government along Costa Rica’s Southern Caribbean coast is pushing to approve a regulatory plan for the region that many residents say would open it up to a wave of development from high-end resorts…
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,…
