Colin Kaepernick

Nike has long positioned itself as a "woke" apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company's history exposes a darker reality.  To spur a new generation of long-distance running in the U.S., Nike hired marathon champion Alberto Salazar to run the…

Mary Altaffer/APFormer Nike Mark Parker. Nike has long positioned itself as a “woke” apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality. To spur a new generation of long-distance running in the U.S., Nike hired marathon champion…

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Nike has long positioned itself as a "woke" apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company's history exposes a darker reality, masked by a multibillion-dollar…

Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty Just when we think Donald Trump can’t tell a bigger lie… BOOM! Saturday night Donald Trump retweeted a Kenyan man named David Kyalo Musyoka who strangely tweeted that: Trump has done more for Blacks than all the other Presidents combined. Trump retweeted the message along…

Ross D. Franklin/Associated PressAlex Smith believes his former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick is good enough to have a job in the NFL. In an interview on ESPN Radio's The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (h/t MSN.com's Ryan Young), Smith called it "so absurd" that Kaepernick isn't on an NFL roster:"It…

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Dwayne Haskins took to Twitter Friday night after the conclusion of ESPN's #Project11 documentary to express his gratitude for Alex Smith and hope that the world now sees how great of a person his fellow quarterback is on and off the field. Hope those who watched Project 11 appreciate the person…

April 30th, 2020, 04:26 pm Armed protesters terrorists storm Michigan State House over stay-at-home order MORE: Numerous protesters, some not wearing masks, got into the faces of state police officers stationed inside the building and shouted to be let into the chambers, which are closed to visitors due to health…

Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren on Monday compared compliance with social distancing regulations to “willful slavery” in a since-deleted tweet. The slavery comparison was widely criticized on Twitter, including by the conservative commentator S.E. Cupp. “This is so offensive,” the CNN host tweeted. “Not because it’s politically incorrect, but because it’s politically incoherent,…

Terence Lester spent nearly a week living on the streets of Atlanta in 2013 to experience what it felt like to be homeless. Not long after, he created Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization that supports the homeless.Now his group has been selected as a recipient of an initiative by…