Tag: Colin Kaepernick

By: Zachary Draves Few can say that they have lived a life of dignity, principle, and service and be able to back it up. Harry Belafonte was one of those ...

By: Zachary Draves Dave Zirin, Sports Editor at The Nation, has been telling a people’s history of sports for almost twenty years. His work takes a hard thorough look at ...

By: Zachary Draves The NFL has proven once again that they are not on the right side of history and it is abundantly clear that they couldn't care less. You ...

By: Greg Rector If you've listened to any of my Greg's Gripes podcasts you know I am not shy about voicing my displeasure with things that bother me in the ...

By: Zachary Draves Former NFL coach Brian Flores took a bold and courageous step when he filed a class-action lawsuit against the league alleging racial discrimination in its hiring practices.  ...

By: Zachary Draves Maya Angelou said it best “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” In the case of former Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach ...

Colin in Black & White: The Untold Story of Colin Kaepernick at Netflix.

By: Zachary Draves The NFL itself has fumbled the ball more times than Brett Favre did in his whole career, which is saying something, particularly on the issue of race. ...

By: Zach Draves They fought the power. They welcomed us to the terrordome. Now they are delivering the state of the union. Hip Hop’s most seminal political group Public Enemy ...

By: Zach Draves They called him unpatriotic. They called him a distraction. They called him anti-American. They called him a communist. They burned his jerseys. They torched their Nike gear ...