Social Issues

Commentary: My father stood for the anthem, for the same reason that Kaepernick sits
As a child, I found my father's love of the national anthem utterly bewildering. His was the generation of men born free but shackled by bigotry. So why did he sound so proud, singing that song?
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell's five-day, cross-country tour celebrating the centennial of the national parks system ended Friday morning in St. Paul with a paddle down the Mississippi.