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Tyreek Hill, Florida’s Police Record, and the NFL

The union is designed to improve the working conditions of NFL players, both on and off the field. Whether the union successfully meets the workers’ needs is another topic for another discussion.

The union has not released a statement about Tyreek Hill’s brutal arrest.

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23 | Burn it All Down with Sports Activist, Podcaster, and TSN columnist Shireen Ahmed

This week, Miguel spoke to Toronto-based sports journalist and TSN.ca columnist Shireen Ahmed (@_shireenahmed_). Shireen is a mother and is an award-winning sports activist focusing on Muslim women in sports and the intersections of misogyny and racism in sports. Shireen is also co-creator and co-host of the feminist sports podcast, the Burn it All Down Pod (@BurnItDownPod).

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22 | Cancel the Olympics Part 2: Dr. Jules Boykoff, Tokyo 2020, and the Capitalist Spectacle of the Olympics

This week, in Part Two of the Cancel the Olympics series, Miguel spoke to Political Scientist Dr. Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) about the Tokyo Olympics being held later this month despite concerns with COVID-19, the spectacle of the Olympics sacrificing lives in the name of capitalism, the potential of athletes protesting the games, and much more!

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