Colin Kaepernick

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…

Culture is a company’s heart and soul. While products, services and business models can sometimes be replicated, culture is always unique to an organization. It’s no secret that a company’s culture informs business success. In fact, consulting firm McKinsey & Company reports that organizations with developed cultures post a return…

Richard Sherman is uniquely qualified to compare the current iteration of the 49ers -- a team where Sherman just completed his second season under Kyle Shanahan -- with the early 2010s version that he terrorized as the catalyst of the "Legion of Boom" with the Seattle Seahawks.Experience is where the…

(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) While coronavirus has gripped the entire country, many vulnerable Black and Brown communities have been hit the hardest. Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick is offering to assist those communities with the launch of the Know-Your-Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund. The quarterback-turned-activist took to Twitter to…

To be black in America gives one the ever-present feeling that you have to explain or excuse why you are occupying spaces that are meant — or feel as though they are meant — solely for white people, crouched in a posture of defensive vigilance, susceptible to the intended occupiers’…

Scott Gleeson USA TODAYPublished 6:54 PM EDT Apr 16, 2020Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is donating $100,000 to the Know Your Rights Camp COVID-19 Relief Fund. Kaepernick announced his plans on social media on Thursday, encouraging others to join the "mission to help address the disproportionate affect the pandemic is having…

Whether you’re listening to NPR, watching MSNBC, or reading the New York Times, you will likely be barraged with stories about Russian trolls meddling in every topic imaginable. No matter how obscure, it always seems like these nebulous groups of “Russian trolls” are spreading discord about the topic du jour…

This is the second edition of a new column, focused on the challenges to media buying and marketing. Be sure to join Digiday+, our membership program, to get access to this column and all Digiday articles, research and more.During a global pandemic, it’s probably safe to say that the news is…

We miss him more than we can say. Perry Rosenstein, a 93-year-old-victim of Covid-19 who passed away on April 3, was one of a kind.A veteran of World War II, when asked why he joined the Navy (he saw action in Okinawa and Guam), he would say it was to…

Todd Kirkland/Associated PressA fake Twitter account reported Colin Kaepernick signed with the New York Jets Thursday, but there may be some truth to the connection in the end. According to TMZ Sports, the quarterback plans to reach out to the Jets with the hope of securing a contract.Kaepernick reportedly "feels he…