Gender In Sports: Time To Level The Playing Field
There were 3.2 million girls playing high school sports in 2012, which was 10 times more than when anti-discrimination measure, Title IX, was enacted 40 years earlier. The measure, which establishes…
Nonviolent resistance in Palestine: steadfastness, creativity and hope
Editor’s note: On June 8, 2015, prominent nonviolent resistance leader Iyad Burnat of Palestine received the James Lawson Award for Achievement in the Practice of Nonviolent Conflict. The award, founded…
Server forced to wear heels on the job shares photos of her bloody feet.
GOOD has often reported on the harsh working conditions and low wages that many servers are forced to deal with in the United States. Now, a recent news story out of Canada shows that…
‘Making A Murderer’ Subject Brendan Dassey Has Been Set Free
“Making A Murderer” set the world on fire when it was introduced as a Netflix exclusive 2015. The docu-drama made amateur sleuths of us all, as we dissected (with Netflix’s…
500 Eritreans
Liverpool protest (Photo: Right to Remain)Last Tuesday, during Refugee Week, the annual UK-wide event which celebrates the stories and resilience of refugees, some 500 Eritreans from across the UK assembled…
This 79-Year-Old Grandma Just Pulled A Sick Burn On Trump
It should go without saying that you don’t mess with a 79-year-old grandma. That’s just not cool But in the case of Elsie Hay Cook, you could also be setting…
Refugees in the centre of Athens
Refugees in Omonia Square. Chris Jones & Sofiane Ait Chalalet. All Rights Reserved.Bilal is in his mid thirties. He is a refugee from a village close to Hebron in the…
Iran’s nuclear deal reconsidered
1953, when Eisenhower and Nixon supported Iran's first nuclear reactor. Wikicommons/Abbie Rowe. Some rights reserved.US President Eisenhower was carried away by the prospect of the widespread international use of peaceful…
West Africans Attribute Soccer Success To Controversial Methods Of Performance Enhancement
The International Olympic Committee has expanded the power of World Anti-Doping Agency, making it a central authority in the “fight against cheating.” WADA defines doping as the use of prohibited substances and…
Times of war in Russian arts and culture
The Russian state has tightened its grip on contemporary arts and culture in recent years – most notably via the June 2013 law that criminalises acts which ‘offend’ Orthodox believers.…
Lady Liberty Coin Will Feature The Face Of A Black Woman For First Time
Oh boy. What are racists going to do with their future money? First, there was the historically awesome news that Harriett Tubman would be replacing Andrew Jackson on the face…
Coming Home: How Soccer Without Borders Is Building A Bridge To The Next Generation
It’s a sunny winter morning when I meet with Ben Gucciardi outside the Soccer Without Borders office at Oakland International High School, in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood. The school is decorated with colorful…