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The state of Michigan has doled out $480,000 to 10 schools this year to help them “rebrand racially insensitive mascots” and add more Native American culture into the curriculum.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) – A fund is helping remove offensive depictions of Native Americans in city buildings, schools and monuments across Michigan.

The Donald Trump Department of Justice has now closed the books on the Obama administration’s effort to force the Washington Redskins to dump its Native American-based name.

Football writer Peter King says that he won’t let 90 percent of Native Americans change his decision not to use the word “Redskins.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Offensive terms can receive trademark protection, and Congress’s 70-year-old statute to the contrary violates the First Amendment, a federal appeals court held in a case that is likely to now go before the Supreme Court.

The Redskins lost to the Cowboys. And then their fans lost it.

The National Football League’s Washington Redskins, upset the twitterverse Thursday morning when they tweeted “Happy Thanksgiving” from their official account.

On Tuesday, former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis ripped ex-coach Jim Zorn for proselytizing of his Christian faith when he coached the Redskins in 2008-09.

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, recently forced to jettison a campaign emblem paying homage to the Southeastern Conference logo, jumped into an even more heated debate: the Washington Redskins name.

On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Racial Mascots Act, banning the use of the nickname “Redskins” from schools across the state.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has waded into the controversy over the Washington Redskins name, siding with team owner Daniel Snyder. The billionaire says that the name isn’t offensive.

The Philadelphia Eagles waded into the attack on the name “Redskins” with a decision to eliminate the rival team’s name from game schedules and media packets.

An Indian tribe in California supports a local school’s use of the “Redskins” mascot that California legislators want to ban.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who has obsessed over the franchise name of the Washington Redskins for months, claims that team owner Daniel Snyder “bribed” Native Americans to support the Redskins moniker and accused the NFL of ignoring that issue while prioritizing Deflategate.

After Robert Griffin’s account III “liked” an Instagram post criticizing Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder and the front office while praising him, the quarterback posted a message on social media denying he had personally “liked” the post.

Team president Bruce Allen asserted that the Washington Redskins refuse to change their name even if it means sacrificing a new home stadium.

On Wednesday, the Obama administration announced it would block any attempt to move the Washington Redskins back to Washington, D.C.

On Monday night, the Lancaster School Board in New York unanimously approved replacing “Redskins” with “Legends” for the district’s sports teams. The new nickname, replacing the 70-year-old “Redskins” moniker, brings with it a new mascot and logo.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), pontificated Tuesday about the ethics of the NFL punishing the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady for Deflategate while ignoring the nickname of the Washington Redskins.

On Monday, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 30, which, beginning in 2017, bans California high schools from using the nickname “Redskins.”

Washington Redskins GM Scot McCloughan stated that the team will keep Robert Griffin III for his fifth-year option.

California lawmakers are proposing a law that will ban the use of “Redskins” as a school team name or mascot in public schools

“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” actor Jonathan Banks appeared as a guest on Wednesday’s airing of “Olbermann” on ESPN2 and was asked to share his thoughts on the Washington Redskins name. According to Banks, if the name offends somebody,

ESPN 980 (WTEM-AM) in Washington, D.C. had planned to install a new radio show on March 16 featuring two personalities, one of whom had a history of criticizing Washington Redskins management, when the show’s debut was derailed by a few prank calls purporting to come from ESPN management.

The Washington Redskins defend their use of the team’s nickname by claiming that a federal ban on several of their trademarks infringes on the team’s right to free speech. The federal case against the team derives from the supposition that the term “Redskins” disparages Native Americans.

The anti-Redskins activist group “Change The Mascot” has posted a new video featuring the Washington Redskins with team logos blanked out to prove, the group says, that a Redskins game remains football without the logo.

Leaders of a prominent civil rights organization, with a stated mission to promote racial diversity and equality of opportunities in the NFL, is imposing maximum pressure on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change the name of his team.

On Sunday, social media and pop culture news website Mashable jumped to report on the massive protest near the Washington Redskins stadium in Washington D.C.

Jon Gruden remains with Monday Night Football through 2021. Brother Jay stays with the Washington Redskins next year. Gruden the Older signed a contract extension with ESPN to call games for the next seven years. Broadcast partner Mike Tirico announced

Cleveland Browns safety Johnson Bademosi, in an editorial for Peter King’s MMBQ.com, wrote that he wore an “I can’t breathe shirt” for all those “victimized by our country’s never-ending hegemony.” This “never-ending hegemony” has been very good to the Stanford

South Park‘s Wednesday season finale took on some of 2014’s most serious subjects, and in its usual fashion, the show stoked the fires of controversy.  From Bill Cosby, to Iggy Azalea’s backside, to the deaths of young black men at

St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher taunted the tottering Washington Redskins about the trade that ultimately netted the Rams six players and the Redskins Robert Griffin III, sending those same six players to midfield for the coin toss before Sunday’s

The NFL fined Chris Kluwe a few years back for wearing a patch supporting Ray Guy for the Hall of Fame and Jim McMahon a few decades back for mocking the commissioner with a “Rozelle” headband. But with the league

Week 14 features seven separate games featuring teams with winning records facing off. Big Ben plays for a playoff berth, Brian Hoyer fights for his job, Pete Carroll coaches against his former USC quarterback, and Tom Brady and Philip Rivers

Dress rehearsal is over. The playoffs are here.  Week 14 action kicks off with tonight’s matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears at 8:25 Eastern. Houston’s Ryan Fitzpatrick became the latest quarterback to enter the 6-touchdown club last

Nat Hentoff authored a book called Free Speech for Me–But Not for Thee whose title alone rated the $13 for the paperback. More than two decades after its publication, events frequently spark thoughts of the memorable book with a more