What Kneeling in Protest Means To a New Generation of Athletes
Dave Zirin, Sports Editor for The Nation, talks to The Takeaway about his new book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. The Takeaway talked with Zirin about the long history of activism by athletes and what this new generation risked as they stood up for equality by taking a knee.
State Legislation Seeks to Restrict Rights of Transgender Athletes
Texas is just one of many states that have placed restrictions on transgender student athletes in recent years. In total, at least 30 states have introduced similar legislation, with eight having passed these laws. For more on this, The Takeaway spoke to Katie Barnes, features writer at ESPN.
How Sports Media Coverage Affects An Athlete's Power
We take a look at the ways sports media coverage or the lack of it, affects the power that athletes have when they seek to make change through activism. Amira Rose Davis, Co-Host of the feminist sports podcast “Burn it All Down” and Bradford William Davis, an investigations reporter for Insider join us to discuss the way this is seen on both a local and national level.
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