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This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick
This Is What Solidarity Looks Like: Why Soccer-Star Megan Rapinoe Stands With Colin Kaepernick

September 6, 2016
The US Women’s National Team star said, “It’s important to have white people stand in support of people of color.”

Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Has Nothing to Do With the Military
Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Has Nothing to Do With the Military

September 2, 2016
The military doesn’t “give” us the right to protest. The Constitution does.

An NFL Executive Compares Kaepernick to a Man Who Murdered a Pregnant Woman
An NFL Executive Compares Kaepernick to a Man Who Murdered a Pregnant Woman

August 31, 2016
He said "he hasn't seen this much collective dislike among front office members regarding a player since Rae Carruth."

America Needs to Listen to What Colin Kaepernick Is Actually Trying to Say
America Needs to Listen to What Colin Kaepernick Is Actually Trying to Say

August 30, 2016
Too many people are talking about patriotism and etiquette instead of reckoning with the substance of his critique.

Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick From an Athlete Who Walked That Path
Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick From an Athlete Who Walked That Path

August 29, 2016
In 2003, Division III basketball player Toni Smith took a stand against unthinking patriotism. Her thoughts today about Colin Kaepernick deserve to be heard.

What the NFL Players’ Union Chief Has to Say About Colin Kaepernick’s Protest
What the NFL Players’ Union Chief Has to Say About Colin Kaepernick’s Protest

August 27, 2016
DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL Players Association, says that expecting athletes to “shut up and play” isn’t respecting them as fully human.

This Rio Olympic Medalist Risked His Life to Show Solidarity
This Rio Olympic Medalist Risked His Life to Show Solidarity

August 25, 2016
With one gesture, Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa seized the Olympics spotlight and educated the world. 

Now That the Games Are Over, the Real Olympic Drama Begins in Rio
Now That the Games Are Over, the Real Olympic Drama Begins in Rio

August 22, 2016
The Olympics are over, but they have set the stage for a wider social conflict over the future of the city.

Ryan Lochte Is One of Many Privileged First-World Tourists—and Brazilians Are Fed Up
Ryan Lochte Is One of Many Privileged First-World Tourists—and Brazilians Are Fed Up

August 18, 2016
He seems to believe in the old imperial axiom that “there is no sin below the equator.”

One Community’s Resistance Will Be the Rio Olympics’ Longest-Lasting Legacy
One Community’s Resistance Will Be the Rio Olympics’ Longest-Lasting Legacy

August 17, 2016
Vila Autódromo may have suffered mass displacement for the Olympic Games, but they have survived and emerged as a symbol that you can fight Rio’s City Hall and win.