Sports

UN Refugee Team Wins First Medal at Paris Olympics

Thalif Deen / InDepthNews Aug 14, 2024 Representing 120 million displaced people, the athletes brought attention to the plight and potential of refugees around the globe. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Boxing

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The Unbreakable Bond of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell

Allen Barra / Truthdig Jun 18, 2016 The sportscaster and boxer were cut from the same cloth. While Cosell didn’t dodge punches like Ali, both men lived with unflinching integrity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Float Like A Butterfly

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 8, 2016 Dig deeper

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Spectacle Behind the Gold Mine

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig May 2, 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s fight against Manny Pacquiao will be the highest-grossing boxing match in history. The allure? In part, a narrative that pits polar-opposite combatants in a kind of "Rocky" scenario. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

From Farmworker to Olympian to Activist: A Boxer Fights for His Community

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2014 Jose Ramirez could have walked away from Avenal, Calif., where the jobs are drying up like the ground, but he's determined to save his community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

We Locked ’Em Up, Threw Away the Key

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 21, 2014 You had to be there! Jesse Jackson, in the company of the real life Rubin "Hurricane" Carter at a jailhouse screening of "The Hurricane" before a mostly black and brown audience whose future prospects seemed as drab as their faded inmate uniforms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Boxer and Fighter Against Racial Injustice, Dies at 76

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2014 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the middleweight boxer whose life outside the ring took on as much significance as his sports career when he was charged with murder in 1966, died in Toronto on Sunday after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 76. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Miss America: Why Racism Thrives Online

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Sep 16, 2013 The danger of online racism is that people seem to get away with it and public disapproval in the form of reports like this one do not appear to have the same effect in lessening racist speech as disapproval does in face-to-face encounters.The danger of online racism is that people seem to get away with it and public disapproval is less effective. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Blacks More Likely Than Other Groups to Identify as Gay

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2012 A recent study shows blacks in the U.S. are more likely to identify as gay than other ethnic groups; saggy pants have become illegal in a Florida city; meanwhile, Mitt Romney's work for big tobacco is at odds with his professed Mormon beliefs. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Boxing and Watching the Clock

Daryl Cagle, Cagle Cartoons, MSNBC.com Oct 2, 2012 Dig deeper

Why Financial Reform Will Be Easier Than Health Care

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 22, 2010 For the first time in Obama's presidency, Republicans are uncertain as to whether resolute opposition to a Democratic idea is in their political interest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )