Washington Post strikes ‘Redskins’ from editorials

Published August 22, 2014 8:09pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post says it will stop calling Washington’s football team the “Redskins” on its editorial page.

The paper’s editorial board announced Friday that it will refrain from using the term that it says “unquestionably offends not only many Native Americans but many other Americans, too.”

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