A pretty label-averse person, I found myself today pondering the (lack of) evolution in the English language when it comes to labels and identifiers. Who or what gets labeled, and why? What is deemed worthy of naming — remembering, writing and recording into history — and what is not? More…

People love sports for the fair play but sports media environments offer anything but. Unchecked social ills, as manifested in heightened forms in these spaces, keep minorities, especially Black women, in the shadows, yet feature their ideas, without credit, beneath other people’s bylines. As much as Black women WNBA players…

Three things media companies must do right now to ensure inclusive, accurate reporting Even for a topic as grim as the potential for the coronavirus to kill a professional athlete, the WNBA and its players are left out of the conversation. …