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In recent years, the NBA has become famously political. During the heyday of the Black Lives Matter movement, the NBA permitted players to wear slogan-printed T-shirts in support, and stars like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul spoke out loudly on the issue. The Sacramento Kings actually announced a partnership with the local branch…

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that Harvard University does not illegally discriminate against Asian Americans. The keyword is “illegally.” Harvard does discriminate against Asian Americans in its college admissions process. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs concedes that Harvard follows a “racially conscious” admissions system that gives a plus to black and Hispanic applicants…

Judging from the much-hyped and widely mocked speech by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations earlier this week, it’s clear that some young people are convinced that the world will soon end unless we do something drastic. “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” Thunberg said. “……

The Senate will soon return from its August recess. What kind of judicial-confirmation progress should we expect during the rest of the 116th Congress? Senate Democrats are sure to claim that the so-called “Thurmond Rule” requires the confirmation process to shut down early next year. Here’s a close look at this claim; it’s not a rule, and it…

“Socialist” is no longer a McCarthyite slur. Rather, the fresh celebrity “squad” of newly elected identity politics congresswomen—Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.; and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.—often either claims to be socialist or embraces socialist ideas. A recent Harris poll showed that about half of so-called millennials would like to live in…

Have you ever looked at your paycheck and thought, “Man, I really wish I earned less money!” I’m going to take a wild guess and say, “Probably not.” Here’s a similar thought: Do you like big government? It seems like a loaded question, but it really isn’t. For the vast majority of Americans, a mention…

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong continue as China flexes its muscles and warns of an intervention. Today, we feature an exclusive interview with Alvin Yeung, a politician from Hong Kong who supports the protests and hopes to achieve reforms. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover these stories: A…