Muhammad Ali

Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, attended Ali’s funeral in his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. These are his comments. I really do believe that this funeral is, in so many respects, Muhammad Ali’s last act of resistance, because what he…

The legendary Muhammad Ali has passed away. This is why he refused to serve in the murderous Vietnam War. “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets…