Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers no longer have the backbone to be social trailblazers

    LOS ANGELES — Imagine if Stan Kasten was the president of the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson was about to break baseball's color barrier. Kasten might have sent Robinson back to the minor leagues, citing the "strong feelings of the people who have been offended" by Robinson's inclusion on the roster. Being on the right side of history requires a backbone, and this version of the Dodgers doesn't ...
    by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times May 18, 2023 3 minutes
    Coach Alex Burg of the Texas Rangers throws the baseball during eighth annual LGBTQ+ Night as the Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium on June 11, 2021, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Imagine if Stan Kasten was the president of the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson was about to break baseball's color barrier.

    Kasten might have sent Robinson back to the minor leagues, citing the "strong feelings of the people who have been offended" by Robinson's inclusion on the roster.

    Being on the right side of history requires a backbone, and this version of the Dodgers doesn't have one.

    Being on the right side of history requires conviction, and this version of the Dodgers doesn't

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times3 min read
    Commentary: USC’s ‘Security Risk’ Rationale To Thwart Peaceful Protest Is Not Justified
    During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them “outside agitators.” Now my university’s provost prefers “participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC.” Beyond Andrew Guzman’s misdemeanor of wordiness, the pla
    Los Angeles Times3 min readAmerican Government
    LZ Granderson: Arizona's Indictment Of Trump Allies Follows A Sordid, Racist History
    I've lived and/or worked in 10 states scattered across the country. Arizona was and remains the most complicated. The same state that elected the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city is also the state that did not want a federal holiday for Ma
    Los Angeles Times3 min readInternational Relations
    USC Protests Remain Peaceful Saturday Night After Campus Is Closed; LAPD Calls Off Tactical Alert
    Tensions rose on the University of Southern California campus Saturday after pro-Palestinian protesters returned with tents and reestablished an encampment in Alumni Park, where 93 people were arrested on Wednesday. They beat drums and put up banners

    Related Books & Audiobooks