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Ranking NFL team campaign contributions to federal elections

Manipulate the graph above by selecting or unselecting your favorite team. 19 NFL teams donated to federal campaigns over the

Saturday’s nation-wide Women’s March may have turned out to be this country’s largest nation-wide movement ever, and a number of

Boxer Jack Johnson is posthumously pardoned by President Trump May 24, 2018
President Trump granted a posthumous pardon Thursday to boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, who was convicted in 1913 for violating a Jim Crow-era law that made it illegal to transport a white woman across state lines “for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose.” “A truly great […]
Jacob Bogage
Milwaukee police release ‘disturbing’ video of Bucks player’s arrest May 24, 2018
Moments after police body-camera video of his arrest was released Wednesday, Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown said his experience with the city’s police department was “wrong and shouldn’t happen to anybody,” and he sharply criticized officers for “a simple parking ticket” that turned into “an attempt at police intimidation, followed by the unlawful use of […]
Cindy Boren and Des Bieler
What the NFL’s new rules for anthem protests really mean for the First Amendment, according to experts May 24, 2018
Since it was announced Wednesday, the NFL’s new policy requiring players to stand for the national anthem on the field or wait in the locker room, has done little to quell the debate that has grown into one of the country’s most divisive issues over the past couple of years. The rules, which stipulate that the league […]
Eli Rosenberg