For most sports fans, heaven would be to play in the National Football League. In the mind of the fantasy sports fan, it means money, a big house, a garage full of cars and the promise of sexual gratification. The last thing any fan would believe--or want to believe--is that racism is endemic to the culture of the NFL. But that's the contention of NFL veteran Anthony Prior, whose new book, The Slave Side of Sunday, invokes an explosive metaphor to describe life in the NFL, which he says is marked by a racism that is both deeply institutionalized and largely unchallenged. For more, read award-winning sportswriter Dave Zirin's latest Nation online article.
Don't miss other new Nation online exclusives.
John Nichols highlights Senator Russ Feingold's calls for a filibuster on Alito.
Peter Rothberg applauds the Public Square in Chicago.
Nichols von Hoffman argues that the toxic food industry is fueling an epidemic of diabetes in America.
Katrina vanden Heuvel offers a small sampling of suggestions for reclaiming our democracy
And don't miss vanden Heuvel--The Nation's editor and publisher--speaking this Thursday, January 26, at Barnes & Noble on the upper west side of Manhattan. She'll be reading from her new Dictionary of Republicanisms as well as taking questions.
Thursday, January 26, 7:00
Barnes & Noble, 160 W. 72nd Street, NYC
A reading and signing by Katrina vanden Heuvel
And check out more info on the Dictionary of Republicanisms.
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