Tag: Protests

Beltway Confidential

Give the NFL credit for new national anthem policy

Tom Joyce · May 25, 2018 9:40 pm

Tammy Duckworth defends NFL players who kneel after league implements new policy

Melissa Quinn · May 25, 2018 8:36 pm

Red Alert Politics

University president condemns BDS, says it’s not inclusive

Lauren Cooley · May 25, 2018 8:21 pm

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.

Beltway Confidential

Democratic leaders still haven’t figured out a message on the national anthem battle

Becket Adams · May 25, 2018 5:10 pm

An Open Bathroom Door Policy

The Scrapbook · May 25, 2018 7:18 am

NFL footballs are pictured in a black bag.

Beltway Confidential

NFL anthem debate could be midterm fodder for GOP

Emily Jashinsky · May 24, 2018 11:08 pm

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr reacts during an NBA basketball game.

NBA coach slams NFL for using national anthem as ‘fake patriotism’

Melissa Quinn · May 24, 2018 7:59 pm

NFL owners have approved a new policy aimed at addressing the firestorm over national anthem protests, permitting players to stay in the locker room during the "The Star-Spangled Banner" but requiring them to stand if they come to the field. The decision was announced Wednesday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during the league's spring meeting in Atlanta.

NFL did not take official vote on national anthem policy change: Report

Mandy Mayfield · May 24, 2018 7:21 pm

Is Roger Goodell the Worst Commissioner of All Time?

TWS Podcast · May 24, 2018 6:18 pm

Players kneel and stand during the singing of the national anthem before an NFL football game. NFL owners have approved a new policy aimed at addressing the firestorm over national anthem protests, permitting players to stay in the locker room during the "The Star-Spangled Banner" but requiring them to stand if they come to the field.

New York Times suggests NFL players protest national anthem rule by ‘holding black-gloved fists in the air’

Eddie Scarry · May 24, 2018 2:52 pm

President Trump said the NFL was right to fine players for kneeling for the national anthem, as players for the Dallas Cowboys and many other teams did last year. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Trump: NFL players ‘shouldn’t be in the country’ if they kneel for the anthem

Katelyn Caralle · May 24, 2018 10:22 am

"They were doctored. I saw some of them in the news," said Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi sides with NFL players’ right to demonstrate during national anthem

Al Weaver · May 24, 2018 3:04 am