A comprehensive look at cheerleader pay and their fight for more, through the lens of the Dallas Cowboys' squad.

Think of cheerleaders, and the usual image that springs to mind is that of pom-pom-wielding young women pulling off acrobatic flips and spins in colourful costumes. However, in Japan, an entirely new ...

Dr. Amy Xu got hooked on cheerleading in the fifth grade. As she pursued the sport in high school and college, she witnessed how the routines started demanding increasingly complex acrobatic feats — ...