Several players responded to POTUS' clueless and disingenuous "request" that players provide him names of individuals whom they feel had been unjustly imprisoned to pardon. In an OP-ED piece, Doug Ba…
The more I see individuals folding to the pressures surrounding protesting during the national anthem, the more I appreciate the courageous actions of our elders protesting segregation and racism. To…
A diverse and rare show of solidarity, several national civil rights organizations unify to request that the NFL reverse course on its racist and probably illegal national anthem policy, and to meet w…
News reports emerged that the NFLPA has enlisted the service of a number of law firms to challenge the NFL's unilateral and draconian decision to require players to stand for the national anthem if th…
The impact of Colin Kaepernick's decision to remain seated during the national anthem that fateful day on August 26, 2016, having gone unnoticed the two previous occasions during the preseason, contin…
The Atlanta Falcons released a video as part of its social justice outreach efforts that is primarily police propaganda and completely misses the mark. A common theme in these police ride-a-longs tha…
An edited version of this article was published by the South Florida Times on June 7, 2018. By Kaia Wright, Founder and Editor, Courage Under Fire “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stan…
Many issues awaken dormant remnants of Constitutional Law from one's first year of law school. In the past two years since Colin Kaepernick's protest, they have included acts by public school teacher…
This gesture by President Trump, which is largely politically and designed to paint players into a corner, misses the point. As noted previously on this website, whether an individual decides to stan…
Given that the Detroit Lions was one of the franchises that voted for the new NFL policy and has remained silent on the matter unlike Chris Johnson of the New York Jets, it is unlikely that the team w…