Well, this is definitely an interesting development. On the one hand, apparently the NFL did not want to go to court and likely lose or have damaging and/or embarrassing information exposed via d…
As NFL player protests dwindle with only 5 players protesting each of the past three weeks, it is heartening to see others joining the ranks of heroes with the courage to demonstrate during the nation…
This is familiar pattern: youngsters kneel during the national anthem, and adults explode with protestations about whether they “understand” what they are doing. It’s interesting that there is never a…
In a really well done mini-documentary, Kenny Stills explains why he decided to kneel during the national anthem. He discusses the impact of the shootings of unarmed Black men, and how it made him fe…
Once again a sparse week of protests during the anthem, at least as reported, with a total of 5 players. Regular protests by Marquise Goodwin, Michael Bennett were not noted. An physical confronta…
Some not very good news on the grievance front for Eric Reid as the arbitrator, Shyam Das, denied his claim against the Cincinnati Bengals who’d questioned Reid about his kneeling intentions during a…
Over the past few days, the news has been awash with excellent articles detailing October 16, 2018's noteworthy place in sports, political, and protest lore--the 50th anniversary of Tommie Smith and J…
While they may not have the national spotlight, young people have been leading the way on protesting during the national anthem for quite some time. From 2016 when Colin Kaepernick first decided to r…
This week saw a further decrease in reports of NFL players who protested during the national anthem from 8 to just 5. Out of nearly 1,700 players. Whether this is a reflection of an actual decrease i…
Yet another business reveals its aversion to justice and capacity for performative outrage by instituting a boycott of the National Football League—this time via 20 ounce Pepsi bottles which contain t…