Sports Teams: The Everlasting Tax Shelter for Billionaires
A perverse loophole allows owners of profitable teams — and their heirs — to lower their tax bills by claiming huge paper losses.
Pandemic Super Bowl 2021: Billionaires Win, We Lose
Billionaires Win, We Lose
Professional Athletes and the Power of a Union
If a few sports walkouts can force change on the national level, imagine what an Amazon or Wal-Mart walkout could do.
Athletes Are Supporting Stadium Workers. Why Aren’t More Owners?
The owners of sports teams make billions off low-wage stadium workers. With games suspended, those workers deserve help.
The Government Needs to Act Now to Save Lives — and Build a More Equal System
Medical care is disproportionately available to the rich. To fix this, we need a massive humanitarian response to the coronavirus by the federal government.
NFL Owners Want Politics out of Their Sport — Unless It Comes From Them
The NFL strives to keep politics out of football ahead of the Super Bowl, except for when it comes from billionaire owners.
Student Athletes Are Workers — They Should Get Paid
California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, allowing NCAA athletes to profit off their name and likeness, marks the beginning of a new era in collegiate sports.
The NBA’s China Fiasco Shows What Businesses Value
Companies willingly censor or condemn free speech to retain market share in authoritarian countries. Just ask NBA General Manager Daryl Morey.