Raiders RB Marshawn Lynch Sits During National Anthem
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat during the national anthem ahead of the team's season opener.
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Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat during the national anthem ahead of the team's season opener.
The company announced that the unsigned free agent, who is known for kneeling during the national anthem to bring attention to racial injustices, would join the company's signature campaign.
Workers were demanding better pay and benefits at Labor Day demonstrations in Oakland and San Francisco.
President Donald Trump railed against NFL players who protested at Thursday night's preseason games, saying the players are outraged about "something that most of them are unable to define."
A group of South Bay Trump supporters who were caught in an angry crowd during a 2016 protest scored a court victory Friday when a panel of judges ruled their lawsuit against San Jose police can go forward.
A woman was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct for climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty on a busy Fourth of July in what prosecutors called a "dangerous stunt."
A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of San Francisco to oppose the Trump administration's family separations at the border.
The "Detention Center Day of Action" started at 7 a.m. outside 5555 Giant Highway, where activists estimate roughly 200 immigrants are being held.
Hundreds of rallies are planned as part of a Families Belong Together national day of action on Saturday, June 30, to protest the administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which remains in effect.
Some gun control advocates renewed their push Tuesday to shut down the gun shows at the Cow Palace in Daly City.
An Alameda County Superior Court jury Monday found five protesters not guilty of misdemeanor assault charges that were based on allegations that they attacked a President Trump supporter at a rally in Berkeley last year.
An organization pushing back against the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant families is holding rallies Thursday in cities across the United States.
Activists in San Francisco's Mission District have blocked a part of Valencia Street Thursday morning to protest what they say is exploitation of the neighborhood by tech companies.
Hundreds of animal activists swarmed a North Bay farm Tuesday afternoon in a dramatic confrontation that led to dozens of arrests.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor turned student activist David Hogg is calling for a "die-in" at Publix Super Markets
This season, NFL players must stand during the National Anthem, team owners decided Wednesday in Atlanta -- a reaction to fierce backlash against some who took a knee in symbolic opposition to the systemic oppression of people of color, including by police.
They came by the thousands to Lake Merritt, spending a Sunday afternoon, enjoying the sunshine, a good meal prepared on the barbecue and making a statement of protest.
Relatives of three little girls killed by their mother two decades ago are pleading with Gov. Jerry Brown to deny her parole.
Protests against U.S.-led bombings in Syria were set to continue in the Bay Area and elsewhere in the country.
Thousands of Palestinians staged a mass protest on Gaza's sealed border with Israel as part of a pressure campaign to break a decade-old blockade of their territory.
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones blamed "paid protesters" for causing chaos at a demonstration where a deputy's vehicle hit a person.
A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy struck a protester with his patrol SUV as she and others gathered in the street to denounce the killing of Stephon Clark, then left the scene, according to witnesses.
People in Sacramento and New York City held protests on Wednesday over the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark.
