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NBA Players Face the Question: To Boycott or Not to Boycott

Dave Zirin The Nation
A debate heats up among NBA players over whether to return to the court amid nationwide protests against racist violence. Many players feel the issues of racial justice and stopping police violence are pressing, now is not the time for pro basketball

States are Legally Required to Protect the Right to Vote

Jeanne Mirer and Jerry Wallingford Jurist
Efforts to make it more difficult for people to vote not only violate democratic principles, but are also illegal. The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibits the federal government and the states from denying a citizen the right to vote.

No Justice. No Peace.

Mehrsa Baradaran The American Prospect
Underlying the nationwide protests for black lives is the racial wealth gap.

Let Them Eat Weapons: Trump’s Bizarre Arms Race

Lawence Wittner History News Network
In a fresh challenge to Russia and China, delivered in October 2018, Trump extolled, “Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all. We have more money than anybody else, by far.”

The Fire This Time

Scholars for Social Justice Boston Review
These protests are too widespread to go away. There will be no peace without justice on multiple fronts.