Rihanna Says No to the Super Bowl The singer reportedly declined to perform at the halftime show in solidarity with blacklisted NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick. Sameer Rao Oct 19, 2018 11:39AM EDT
10 Atlantans Who Should Have Been Asked to Perform at the Super Bowl The National Football League skipped tons of local Black talent to hire Maroon 5. Sameer Rao Sep 20, 2018 3:00PM EDT
Eagles Reader: Five Must-Read Articles on the Philly Team and Racial Justice As Philadelphia prepares to celebrate the “wokest team” in the NFL’s Super Bowl win, here’s what you should be reading right now. Sameer Rao Feb 8, 2018 10:55AM EST
Dodge Faces Backlash for Using Anti-Capitalist Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon in Super Bowl Ad The truck commercial uses part of King’s “The Drum Major Instinct” sermon—conveniently omitting the part where he denounces advertising as part of an oppressive economic system. Sameer Rao Feb 5, 2018 12:30PM EST
Black Lives Matter Activist Calls Out 'White Privilege' of Post-Super Bowl Property Damage Hawk Newsome: ”You can riot if you’re White and your team wins, but if you’re Black and being killed, you can’t speak out.” Sameer Rao Feb 5, 2018 11:38AM EST
Fans Demand #JusticeForJanet After Justin Timberlake's New Super Bowl Halftime Gig “White privilege is at an all time high,” tweeted one Twitter user. Many others agreed. Sameer Rao Oct 23, 2017 3:09PM EDT