Tag: National Anthem

A woman reads a newspaper showing the results of the previous day's referendum in favor of rewriting the nation's constitution in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 26. Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention draft a new charter to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

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The national anthem is not ‘inappropriate’ for sports

Zachary Faria · June 20, 2020 11:17 am

Colin Kaepernick attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York.

Kaepernick lands board position at Medium, plans to host Q&A and consult on race and prison reform content

Andrew Mark Miller · June 18, 2020 4:44 pm

Roger Goodell says he welcomes and encourages NFL teams to sign Colin Kaepernick

Zach Halaschak · June 16, 2020 12:45 am

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks at the 2018 Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House.

‘He’ll get there’: Ben Carson says officials urging Trump to change stance on kneeling during national anthem

Anthony Leonardi · June 15, 2020 3:39 pm

Now Kaepernick is out of work, and King is telling people the Eagles are trying to keep it that way. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Seattle Seahawks coach hints a team is interested in Colin Kaepernick

Zach Halaschak · June 12, 2020 5:20 pm

NASCAR now allowing drivers to kneel and peacefully protest during national anthem

Andrew Mark Miller · June 11, 2020 7:19 pm

Matt Gaetz

Matt Gaetz: US shouldn’t have a national soccer team if players won’t stand for national anthem

Spencer Neale · June 11, 2020 4:02 pm

US Soccer lifts ban on kneeling during national anthem and apologizes to players

Caitlin Yilek · June 11, 2020 1:56 pm

Reverend Al Sharpton attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing of Senator Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.

‘We don’t want an apology’: Al Sharpton demands from pulpit that NFL ‘give Colin Kaepernick a job back’

Mica Soellner · June 9, 2020 9:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

Don’t ditch the national anthem at sporting events

Tom Joyce · June 9, 2020 6:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. In recent months, Colin Kaepernick has become comfortable with people knowing him as more than a laser-focused football player as he always previously preferred it. Perhaps, through the anthem protest and his emergence as an outspoken activist for minorities, Kaepernick has improved his image in the process.

NFL: ‘We were wrong’ to oppose players kneeling during national anthem

Anthony Leonardi · June 6, 2020 12:34 am

Beltway Confidential

Drew Brees, defending the anthem, said nothing wrong

Quin Hillyer · June 3, 2020 9:02 pm