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SportsFebruary 7, 2022
Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”
The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enough to make much money—or even a decent pension.
Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
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SportsAugust 27, 2021
The Ballplayer Who Fought for Free Agency
For his talents on the diamond and his determination off of it, Curt Flood deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Peter Dreier
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Social JusticeSeptember 30, 2020
Making Black Lives Matter On and Off the Diamond
It’s time for Major League Baseball to put some substance behind its intentions and match words with deeds.
Peter Dreier and Dave Zirin
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SocietySeptember 11, 2020
Tom Seaver’s Major League Protest
When we remember “Tom Terrific,” let’s not forget the way the Mets great, at the height of his fame, stuck his neck out to oppose the war in Vietnam.
Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
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PoliticsJuly 27, 2020
One Cheer for John Kasich
If Kasich can pull potential Republican defectors to Biden, why not ask for his help?
Peter Dreier
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EconomyJuly 20, 2020
Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
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FilmJune 4, 2020
A Lavender League of Their Own
Just in time for Pride Month, a new documentary brings an episode in baseball history out of the closet.
Peter Dreier
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PoliticsApril 28, 2020
WTF Is Jacobin’s Editor Thinking in Voting Green?
Bhaskar Sunkara’s stance is self-indulgent—an individual act of virtue signaling rather than part of a collective movement for justice.
Peter Dreier
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EconomyMarch 12, 2020
Disney Is Not the Greatest Place on Earth to Work
On the occasion of CEO Robert Iger’s departure, it’s a good time to remember the messed-up ways in which Walt Disney Company makes its money.
Peter Dreier
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Political IdeologiesFebruary 7, 2020
Rush Limbaugh and Bayard Rustin: A Tale of Two Countries
These two Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients could not be more different. By awarding the right-wing radio host, Trump has sullied the medal’s reputation.
Peter Dreier