Roxanne Jones

No one expected Flores, who seemed to have a long career in front of him at the age of 40, to disrupt the NFL. But disrupt he did, writes Roxanne Jones.

Roxanne Jones says Alexi McCammond’s exit from Teen Vogue shouldn’t distract from the larger, glaring issues of race and inequality in media -- ones she has experienced personally after working nearly 25 years in publishing. White supremacy threatens us all. None of us can afford to remain silent, she writes.

As I watched the siege of overwhelmingly White protesters besieging the Capitol building, I recalled the George Floyd protests in Lafayette Park near the White House in June, where heavily armed law enforcement set off explosives and fired tear gas at peacefully gathered citizens -- some on their knees with their hands up or lying flat on the ground, writes Roxanne Jones.

Roxanne Jones writes that Kamala Harris’ ascent to the second highest political office in the US will inspire Black women to break out of the boxes that dictate how they fill up space in the world. It will show them how to pivot and walk freely as multidimensional, unapologetic Black women.

Roxanne Jones says that like so many other black people, she is strugglign to keep her faith, and the remembrances offered by George Floyd’s family on Thursday were a healing moment. It would be impossible to watch the Floyd family standing united with such grace and love in the face of such extreme hate and not be humbled, she writes.

The NBA’s decision to suspend its season, leading the way for the sports world to follow suit, is a reminder that despite our fears, we all have a role to play in protecting our neighbors, and indeed the world during this coronavirus crisis, says Roxanne Jones.

Roxanne Jones remembers competing in teen pageants at her mother’s insistence. She says in those days in the 1980s, as a dark-skinned girl with a kinky afro, she could never have imagined a world where the titles of Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and now, Miss Universe, would be held by black women.

What the accusations against each of these men have in common, writes Roxanne Jones, is that they reflect the systematic exploitation of young girls and women who often are poor, vulnerable, ignored and silenced -- and denied justice.

Roxanne Jones says Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm’s becoming the first female duo to call NFL games is a step forward and long overdue. But in 2018, it’s difficult to find much joy in the baby steps women must endure marching toward equality in sports.

Beyoncé’s Coachella performance was a reminder that no matter what, black women are and always will be amazing, says Roxanne Jones.

It’s not about the left or the right reckoning with its demons on sexual misconduct -- it’s bigger than that, Roxanane Jones writes.

Sharing our ideas and cultures, respecting one another even in dissent, and learning from one another are the ways our nation moves forward, says Roxanne Jones.

Chinese swimmer’s mention of her period is among the many ways the Rio Games have challenged Western notions of how women show their power around the world.

When she met him in 2000, says Roxanne Jones, the basketball star was in L.A. living every man’s dream. The problem was it wasn’t his dream.

It’s time to regulate the fantasy sports business and protect the integrity of the games for the millions of paying online players.

Suing to restore Paterno’s wins revealed a lapse of judgment on the part of Penn State supporters.

Roxanne Jones says after a book’s revelations that the NFL for years covered up effects of brain trauma on players, she’s turning away from her beloved sport