53% of Americans say it’s ‘never appropriate’ to kneel during the national anthem

A slight majority of Americans say it’s never appropriate to kneel during the national anthem in protest according to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, a sign that player protests draw persistently passionate reactions as the National Football League adopts a new policy to discourage demonstrations. CONT. Scott Clement & […] Read more »

Whites oppose — and blacks support — paying NCAA athletes, especially when they’re thinking about race

… Most Americans are skeptical about paying college athletes. But public opinion on this divides sharply by race. Most whites oppose “pay for play”; most African Americans support it. Why is opinion on this issue so polarized by race? Because a disproportionately large percentage of college basketball and football players […] Read more »