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Showing videos filed under: super bowl
Dave Zirin: The Super Bowl and Two Souls in Sports
February 5, 2011"Just as we would argue about cinema or theater or dance, progressives sometimes only see the bad and not the good," in sports, says Nation sports columnist and Edge of Sports radio host Dave Zirin. Just in time for the Super Bowl, Dave has a new documentary out, Not Just a Game: Power, Politics & American Sports, based on his book A People's History of Sports in the United States.Asmaa Mahfouz, Dave Zirin, We Women Warriors & Bradley Manning
February 4, 2011"As long as you say there is no hope, then there will be no hope, but if you go down and take a stance, then there will be hope." Those are the words of Asmaa Mahfouz, one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement in Egypt, who took to the Internet to spread her message in the days leading up to the protests, which have spread across her country and led to President Mubarak announcing he will not run for reelection. As the protesters continue their fight to get Mubarak out sooner rather than later, we bring you Asmaa's words to remember how all of this got started.Thomas Frank: Reagan, Revolution & Recession
February 4, 2011This week would have marked Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, and the obsessive coverage is only just beginning. Some conservatives have even claimed that Reagan would've handled the situation in Egypt better than Obama has. While we have no idea what Reagan would do now, we know what he did do--in Iran-Contra, on women's right to choose, and most importantly, on planting the seeds of the hatred of government that we've now seen in full flower in the Tea Party movement.Raina Fahmy, #DearJohn & Abortion Law, and Thomas Frank
February 3, 2011"I want my kids to be proud of their country," says Raina Fahmy, of Egypt. "I don't want them feeling that living here is at best a compromise and at worst a sacrifice." Images of violence from today's protests were all over the news, but Raina, on the phone from Cairo, tells us that she felt very safe at the protests, and explains to us why it matters for her to go out and join them, and to bring her family along.Kate Clinton: Snowplow of Love
February 18, 2010The ever-hilarious Kate Clinton is back with her thoughts on the Olympics, the Creating Change conference, and the results of the Super Bowl--and plenty more.Vaccines and Choice, Rodney Leon, and Kate Clinton
February 17, 2010A new bill is making its way through the New York state legislature that would give minors the ability to consent to vaccinations for sexually transmitted infections, like Gardasil, the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. But parents are unhappy with the bill because it would allow children as young as nine to receive the immunization.Kate Clinton: Drones, Crones and Oscars
February 5, 2010It's drones, crones, Toyota, the Super Bowl, and one-line summaries of the ten (yes, ten!) Best Picture nominees for this year's Oscars in Kate Clinton's latest commentary.The F Word: Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal
February 5, 2010It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, that one involving domestic violence. As a player in that story, I've come to anticipate game season: the domestic violence Super Bowl so-called "hoax" is one right-wing media-manufactured vampire that just won't die.CBS Sexism, Still Bill, and Frank Schaeffer
February 4, 2010CBS has changed its longstanding policy of not allowing issue ads during the Super Bowl to accept an anti-choice advertisement from Focus on the Family, and women's groups are furious at the double standard: CBS still rejected an ad from a gay dating service. Jehmu Greene and the Women's Media Center are calling for CBS to pull the ad, and other groups have joined the protest.
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