Tag: Colin Kaepernick
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 4
Day one of Kavanaugh proceedings, 87 elephants found dead due to poaching, environmentalists don't vote in elections, and more.
Taking a knee, standing for justice
Principled stands taken at great risk are often how movements are born.
They want Kaepernick to go Kaput!
Why is it that before every sporting event we have not only the national anthem, but honor guards and giant flags spread across the field of play?
Football is Trumpball lite
With President Trump, who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism – not to mention brain damage?
Santa Clara Police Union Threatens To Boycott 49ers Games Due To...
There has been extensive national debates over Kaepernick’s actions in the past week, and the quarterback has been working to get the conversation back on track.
#VeteransForKaepernick Stand Up For His Right To Sit Down
There is more than one way to be a patriot. Veterans for Kaepernick proved that on Tuesday.
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Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened door to flavored...
A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.
Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes
The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?
Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement
It’s difficult not to see the renewed imprisonment of Alex Saab as a disappointing capitulation to U.S. coercion after so many of us fought for his freedom, but we cannot forget the task at hand.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Louisiana’s tough-on-crime policies stand to cost taxpayers millions more for years to come
The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies have already begun to impact the state.