Colin Kaepernick

Kap wasn't the first, and he won't be the last.

The long history of athletes taking a stand for racial justice.

America is covered in Confederate statues. We can do better — and here’s how.

Colin Kaepernick continues a long tradition of athletes using their celebrity to protest America's racial inequality.

A number of black athletes are fueling their activism with Christian faith.

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.

Music continues to hold an allure for elites seeking to politicize patriotism in support of their privilege.

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.

The belief endures, from Armstrong’s time that visible, affluent African-American entertainers are obliged to adopt a pose of ceaseless gratitude.

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.

The autobiography of NBA star Craig Hodges contains lessons for the pro athletes who are speaking up today.

It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle.

Communists fighting the color line. Baseball players resisting owners. Baseball's untold history of struggles against racial injustice and labor exploitation.

Before Colin Kaepernick, Jackie Robinson wrote, ‘I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a Black man in a white world.’

A brief history of their tangled saga of patriotism and dissent.

What the history of a gesture can tell us about Black creative power.

The long history of the international olympic committee's war on athletes' free expression.

His defiance changed baseball and helped assert Black people’s worth in American culture.

How the movement that’s changing America was built and where it goes next.