‘Woke’ NBA kowtows to Chinese communists; Acton Line Podcast special report: Churches and ministries at the front line of the opioid crisis
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‘Woke’ NBA kowtows to Chinese communists
By Dan Hugger • October 9, 2019
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The National Basketball Association, a league that has in the past urged its players to speak out on issues of social justice, has issued what can only be described as a craven and cowardly statement distancing itself from the general manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, and his since deleted tweet expressing solidarity with protestors in Hong Kong. Morey’s original tweet was denounced by the Houston Rocket’s owner Tilman Fertitta, the communist regime in China, the Chinese Basketball Association, and several Chinese firms which sponsor the Rockets. Morey is perhaps the smartest and certainly the most innovative general manager in the history of the NBA. His original tweet which read, “Fight for Freedom Stand with Hong Kong,” was both as laudable and courageous as his struggle session is both vile and simpering. The Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta and the NBA itself demonstrate their fundamental ethical bankruptcy by using their power and privilege to shield a totalitarian regime from even indirect criticism in the form of a tweet expressing solidarity with a courageous protest movement whose only crime is standing up for human rights and the rule of law.
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Acton Line Podcast special report: Churches and ministries at the front line of the opioid crisis
October 9, 2019
The opioid crisis has affected millions in the US ([link removed] )
In 2017, a poll from NPR and Ipsos found that one in every three people in the U.S. has been affected by the opioid crisis in one way or another. One third of Americans know someone who has overdosed or know someone who is battling addiction -- and the crisis hasn't slowed down. On this episode, AnneMarie Schieber, award winning television news anchor and reporter based in Grand Rapids, MI, dives into the issue and explores how the private sector is responding to the crisis. What are churches and ministries doing to help people free themselves from addiction?
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