Level Playing Field

Level Playing Field

1 Seasons | 4 Episodes | TV-14

This docuseries examines how multibillion-dollar industries have historically underpaid their most valuable assets, politicized youth-based initiatives, and stifled players’ voices—especially those of Black athletes. Interviews include the WNBA’s Elizabeth Williams, senators Cory Booker and Raphael Warnock, sports journalist Jemele Hill, and more.

Midnight Basketball

1.Midnight Basketball

An investigation of how the innovative youth program Midnight Basketball League became a pawn in racial debates about the 1994 Crime Bill.

Misclassified

2.Misclassified

A look at the NCAA's creation of the term "student-athlete" and how it connects to the widespread misclassification of workers today.

Down the Backstretch

3.Down the Backstretch

A look at the policy shift that has made horseracing's most vital workers vulnerable and laid bare the need for immigration reform.

The Assist

4.The Assist

Sports and activism collide when WNBA players push Georgia residents to challenge voter suppression and vote for Reverend Raphael Warnock.

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