NBA Playoff Boycott Makes History (and Echoes a 2,000-Year Call to Self-Sacrifice)
The fight for Black lives is more important than money, and the players choosing to boycott for the first time in the league’s history is proof of that.

The fight for Black lives is more important than money, and the players choosing to boycott for the first time in the league’s history is proof of that.

Athletes shouldn’t be burdened with becoming our culture’s activist leaders.

If you don’t have any sort of hope beyond death, the absurdity of everything tends to hit you hard. And then you end up doing stupid stuff, like betting the family farm on a bunch of tulips.

Like many with power, the NFL owners are using their wealth and status to steamroll those in a weaker position.
“The movement can only offer the chance of change, not salvation of any sort.”
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