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While Colin Kaepernick says he’s seen positives emerge from a racial-equality movement sparked by his national-anthem protests, he’s also received death threats as a result. “I’ve had a few come my way, but not too concerned about it,” Kaepernick said Tuesday inside the 49ers locker room. Asked if those threats have come only through his

The sight of people kneeling during the playing of our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” requires a response. Unquestionably, we are an imperfect and flawed country, where bigotry, racial inequality and social injustice exist. But the notion that the American flag created or perpetuates these social ills is simply wrong. It is people who create

The man who used his trumpet to blow a rousing rendition of the national anthem at the Carolina Panthers’ home opener has three words for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — and they might just surprise you. “I feel ya,” said Phoenix brass master Dr. Jesse McGuire, 58, as he pounded his left breast

A Missouri state senator chose to stay seated during the Pledge of Allegiance at the state capitol Wednesday morning in solidarity with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his protests against racial injustice. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat, said it’s because of her love for America that she chose to protest its

Colin Kaepernick deserves comparison to Rosa Parks, according to the president of the NAACP. Cornell William Brooks said there is a line linking Parks’ refusal to stand in a Montgomery bus to give up her seat to a white person to Mr. Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “It’s a lofty name, but