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Articles by Valerie Richardson

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch (24) rushes past New England Patriots linebacker David Harris, center, during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Marshawn Lynch sits for U.S. anthem, stands for Mexico’s

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat Sunday for "The Star-Spangled Banner," as he has done all season, but then stood for the Mexican national anthem before his team faced the New England Patriots in Mexico City.

November 19, 2017
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who is helping lead a coalition of 14 states and Puerto Rico at the Bonn climate summit, is one of the Democratic governors with a kind of shadow staff supplied by advocacy groups. (Associated Press/File)

Governors outsource climate campaigns to advocacy groups

It may look as if Democratic governors -- not climate change activists -- are driving the campaign to "fill the void" left by President Trump's exit from the Paris agreement, but that's not necessarily the impression left by behind-the-scenes emails.

November 14, 2017
San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, bottom center, and safety Eric Reid, bottom right, kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, Calif. Who anticipated the NFL getting caught up in a back-and-forth with President Donald Trump over players kneeling during the national anthem? This NFL season has been full of surprises. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) **FILE**

NFL take-a-knee protests boil down to two liberal cities

The NFL has taken a beating over players kneeling during the national anthem, but a closer examination shows that the protests are less a story of the league as a whole and more a tale of two liberal cities: San Francisco and Seattle.

November 9, 2017