Tag: Protests

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.

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Take it from this veteran: Stop acting like kneeling for the flag has anything to do with us

Steve Beynon · September 9, 2018 12:00 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, March 9, 2014, file photo, Nike KD VI "Team Orange" shoes worn by Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant are photographed in Los Angeles. Nike reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Nike's online sales up 31 percent in wake of Kaepernick campaign: Report

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · September 8, 2018 9:02 pm

Women in favor of a measure to expand legal abortions, wearing red cloaks and white bonnets like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale."

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‘Handmaid’s Tale’ protests are just theater — the people in black robes actually matter

Janet Morana · September 8, 2018 4:00 am

A protester disrupts the confirmation hearing of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

US Capitol Police arrest 15 in Kavanaugh protests on Friday

Diana Stancy Correll · September 7, 2018 9:19 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016 file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, middle, kneels during the national anthem before the team's NFL preseason football game against the San Diego Chargers, in San Diego. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disagrees with Kaepernick's choice to kneel during the national anthem, but recognizes the quarterback's right to protest. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Trump spikes Colin Kaepernick campaign: ‘I don’t like what Nike did’

Katelyn Caralle · September 7, 2018 12:19 pm

A protester disrupts the confirmation hearing of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

More than 200 arrested total for Kavanaugh hearings protests

Anna Giaritelli · September 7, 2018 3:19 am

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Ad featuring Brett Kavanaugh’s opening statement already set to air across cable news networks

Emily Jashinsky · September 6, 2018 7:52 pm

Democrats try every trick in the book to stop Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio · September 6, 2018 12:00 am

GOP lawmaker goes into auctioneer mode to drown out protester: WATCH

Caitlin Yilek · September 5, 2018 7:34 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looks back at his family as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.

Kavanaugh got ‘big hug’ from kids after chaotic confirmation hearing

Pete Kasperowicz · September 5, 2018 6:18 pm

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The Left can’t move on from the Brett Kavanaugh handshake video

Emily Jashinsky · September 5, 2018 4:35 pm

Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman pulls in an interception with one hand in this May 4, 2001 photo, during mini camp, in Tempe, Ariz. Tillman, who walked away from his professional football career to join the Army Rangers, was killed in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said in 2004.

Pat Tillman ‘would be the first to kneel’ during national anthem if he were alive, biographer says

Katelyn Caralle · September 5, 2018 4:20 pm