There have been continued calls for a name change in recent years, due to the term’s associations with oppression, genocide, racism, and ethnic violence.

Damn, The Washington Bravehearts has such a nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Hall-of-Famers Art Monk and Darrell Green say they understand the team’s name can be hurtful and that the franchise should consider adopting a new nickname.

The Council included in its consent agenda the second reading of the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act, a bill that activists have sought in order to make the District a bit safer for transgender people.

The Washington NFL team can subtract another name from the list of high schools it considers “proud” to share its on-field nickname.

A poll released today by The Washington Post shows that 61 percent of D.C. area residents like the team’s name, while 79 percent of people who identified themselves as fans say the name should not be changed.

A newspaper in Fauquier County, Va. is dropped the “Democrat” from its title this week after more than a century because the modern political climate can’t deal with that word in the name of an objective publication.

The D.C. Council is poised to approve a bill that wil bring the District in line with 23 states and the federal government in protecting the identities of transgender individuals who undergo gender transitions.

After months of arguments about why the Washington football team should change its name, the man on whom such a decision rests is finally weighing in.

Despite a few months of bristling criticism over its name, the Washington football team has widespread support for doing nothing in the face of accusations that its name constitutes a racial slur, according to a new poll from the Associated Press.