Colin Kaepernick

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Nick Bosa interrupts a teammate's interview by pointing to his MAGA hat on October 27, 2024.

What the Bosa/Kaepernick Double Standard Tells Us About the 2024 Elections What the Bosa/Kaepernick Double Standard Tells Us About the 2024 Elections

Nick Bosa and Colin Kaepernick both brought their politics onto the field, yet they experienced very different repercussions.

Nov 12, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Colin Kaepernick, #7 of the San Francisco 49ers, talks with Aaron Rodgers, #12 of the Green Bay Packers, after their game on October 4, 2015, in Santa Clara, Calif.

What Naomi Klein Taught Me About Aaron Rodgers What Naomi Klein Taught Me About Aaron Rodgers

We all have doppelgängers, and we now know Colin Kaepernick’s is Aaron Rodgers.

Jan 23, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Colin Kaepernick onstage at ACLU dinner

Colin Kaepernick’s Defense of Black Studies Colin Kaepernick’s Defense of Black Studies

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback tells Dave Zirin why he’s raising the alarm about government attacks on Black history.

Jul 19, 2023 / Q&A / Dave Zirin

Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine

Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine Colin Kaepernick, the Virginia Elections, and the Canary in the Coal Mine

The recent controversy sparked by his Netflix special’s depiction of slavery and the NFL is a microcosm of the political battles defining our country.

Nov 3, 2021 / Dave Zirin

In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect”

In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect” In Our Orbit: Dave Zirin’s “The Kaepernick Effect”

The Nation’s sports editor has a new book out on the politics of “taking a knee.”

Oct 21, 2021 / Peter Rothberg

March On Washington To Protest Police Brutality

How the Kaepernick Effect Reached Small-Town Iowa How the Kaepernick Effect Reached Small-Town Iowa

Taking a knee was controversial in the NFL. Imagine the reaction in “Steve King country.”

Sep 24, 2021 / Dave Zirin

A Black man wearing a mask with Colin Kaepernick kneeling and the words #BlackLivesMatter

5 Years After Colin Kaepernick Refused to Stand, We Still Get the Story Wrong 5 Years After Colin Kaepernick Refused to Stand, We Still Get the Story Wrong

More important than the man who took the knee is the movement he helped launch.

Aug 19, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Why Did Mark Cuban Fold?

Why Did Mark Cuban Fold? Why Did Mark Cuban Fold?

The controversy over the anthem shows, yet again, that there is nothing “united” about these United States.

Feb 11, 2021 / Dave Zirin

English Soccer Players Take a Knee

English Soccer Players Take a Knee English Soccer Players Take a Knee

Two Queen’s Park Rangers players looked directly at Millwall supporters and took a knee in a show of radical defiance.

Dec 9, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal

The exiled quarterback stands up for an imprisoned revolutionary, bringing Mumia’s case into the current moment.

Nov 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin

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