by Tim Donner | Sep 26, 2017 | The Left
So now we know what the current NFL protests are really all about. Sure, kneeling during the Star-Spangled Banner started with Colin Kaepernick last season as a protest against racial injustice generally and police brutality specifically. But now, these displays are...
by Mark Angelides | Sep 23, 2017 | The Left
The long-running controversy involving NFL players choosing to take a knee during the national anthem has evidently attracted the attention of President Donald Trump. At a rally on Friday in Alabama to support Luther Strange’s candidacy in Tuesday’s US Senate...
by Gabriella Fiorino | Sep 9, 2017 | Healthcare
Americans are wild about football. Although the most popular sport in the U.S. is currently underway and fans are ready to tailgate, a recent study has found that hundreds have suffered potentially irreversible brain damage from the game. Among those injured are not...
by Tim Donner | Sep 5, 2017 | Social Issues
Ever since, then-San Francisco 49’ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem one year ago to protest systemic racism in America, the NFL has experienced widespread criticism, falling TV ratings, and large swaths of NFL crowds who booed...
by Kelli Ballard | Aug 27, 2017 | Politics
Controversy over former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem is still a heated debate. More athletes are bending a knee in what they say is a show of unity and a cry against inequality in our nation. Those...
