By Thomas Chambers

The Kentucky Derby is a palpable vestige of post-war antebellum yearnings, a gripping continuum defiantly nurtured and fiercely defended.
Layers of a State Fair onion growing for 145 years, 146 after Saturday.
And I have a decision to make. Pour me an Old No. 7.

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Posted on September 4, 2020

By Lisa Newcomb/Common Dreams

Following a multi-team strike protesting police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, players and league officials reached a deal Friday not only to resume the NBA playoffs, but to use the league’s stadiums as voting locations for the November general election.

Why strike, a lot of people asked? The players have used their leverage with the owners to turn the NBA into a get-out-the-vote organization, aiming to use stadiums as polling places, among other things. https://t.co/gnWHKU61n5

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 28, 2020

In a statement, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts and NBA commissioner Adam Silver listed three developments that resulted from talks with players and league leaders last week.

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Posted on September 1, 2020