Hit Them in the Pocketbook

This book describes a part of the African American civil rights movement that many people don’t know—perhaps because it was run, and the battles were fought, by Black women who saw their activism as an extension of their commitment as mothers....

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The Las Vegas Raiders and a Raid on Nevada’s Finances

Sports and debt in the desert

_____ In 2016, the football team now called the Las Vegas Raiders received the largest stadium subsidy in American history — $750 million — to ditch their allegiance to Oakland, California and relocate to Sin City. The state legislature approved the $750 million, which contributed to the $2 billion tab to build the ...
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The Las Vegas Raiders and a Raid on Nevada’s Finances