Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation, a columnist for The Progressive, and the author of eight books on the politics of sports, including What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States and A People's History of Sports in the United States. He was named among the Utne Reader's '50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World' and was a finalist for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.
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In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the US national anthem. By 'taking a knee,' Kaepernick bravely join... SEE MORE