The George Floyd murder is turning society inside out
After a brief decline, the number of US television watchers of professional football is once again on the upswing. Here are the six ways the National Football League groomed us for Trump and is still trying to keep us in its formidable grasp.
It’s difficult to know exactly how Kaepernick views his time in the NFL wilderness. Nevertheless, it’s worth asking: after three years, what has he accomplished – and at what cost?
Workers Getting Woke; Exporting Theocracy; GOP's Memo; Trolling Antifa; Arabic-Hebrew Theater; Evangelicals Face 2020; Banning "The Hunt"; Jay-Z's Football Fumble
Nike’s Kaepernick ad continues — and tweaks — the tradition of brands commodifying politics. Kaepernick’s ad, and the message he offers, may illuminate the promise of innovative creative forms, including advertising.
No matter how hard the league tries, Colin Kaepernick is still the most important NFL player not in the NFL
Just hours after apparent confusion over the Miami Dolphins’ disciplinary-policy proposals sparked outcry, the league and the NFLPA announced on Thursday that no new rules related to the anthem “will be issued or enforced”
Politicizing workers; Uncivil rights; Wade's triumph; Nazified GOP; Nazified NFL; Piers Morgan is an idiot
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Trump has persistently condemned the National Football League's players' peaceful and silent protests. Up until last week when the NFL reversed course, the league and the union had repeatedly affirmed players' First Amendment rights.
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