@byalexcoffey.bsky.social is a second-gen sportswriter known for her work for The Athletic and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Coffey tells how sportswriter Melissa Ludtke's 1977 lawsuit won female journalists equal access to locker rooms and expanded opportunities for women in sports media.

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It’s Legal to Burn the American Flag. This Artist Helped Make It A Form of Free Speech.

Dread Scott’s installation upset powerful people, including President George H.W. Bush—who found it “disgraceful.” It proved how loaded patriotic symbols can be.

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