National Anthem protests

Colin Kaepernick hasn’t abandoned his interest in returning to the NFL as a quarterback, but at least one team showed this week that it certainly has.

“We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” Houston Texans owner Bob McNair said about NFL players kneeling in protest during the playing of the national anthem.

The NFL may have tried to silence Colin Kaepernick, but the political tone in professional sports was anything but hushed just hours ahead of this season’s NBA tipoff on Tuesday night.

A Louisiana superintendent threatened punishment against students who refuse to stand during the national anthem Wednesday, just days after Trump made a controversial call against recent NFL protests.

Teresa and Rick Kaepernick said they stand behind Colin as he continues his National Anthem protest in defense of Black lives.

Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall announces that he has ended his National Anthem protest. He cites positive change toward ending police violence.

Sevyn Streeter‘s National Anthem protest was blocked at a Philadelphia 76ers' game on Wednesday night.

A youth football team from Texas saw their coach fired and their football season canceled for taking a knee during the National Anthem.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the National Anthem protests "dumb" and disrespectful in an interview with Katie Couric.

President Barack Obama again defended Colin Kaepernick's right to protest during CNN's presidential town on Wednesday night.

New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill revealed investigators will probe family, friends, social media, and Rahami's whereabouts to piece together the chain of events.

"As a descendant of people who were denied the right to read, to now have the opportunity to serve and lead the institution that is the national symbol of knowledge, is a historic moment," Carla Hayden said at her swearing-in ceremony.