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More than 100 companies condemned Georgia’s new voting law, a GOP-backed measure that critics say restricts access to the polls along racial lines. But so far, only Major League Baseball has done something concrete about it.
MLB, baseball’s governing body, relocated its annual All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver – a move that some say could cost Georgia over $100 million in lost economic activity. Republicans have reacted with threats of product boycotts and even political retribution. They have good reason to worry, writes Benjamin Means, who has studied how corporations use their economic power.
The University of South Carolina law professor explains the incredible leverage companies have over states, and why MLB chose to wield it over the voting law.
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Bryan Keogh
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Benjamin Means, University of South Carolina
Usually, companies use this power to secure financial benefits for themselves, such as tax or regulation relief. But increasingly, they're using it for social causes as well.
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Arts + Culture
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Rachael A. Woldoff, West Virginia University; Robert Litchfield, Washington & Jefferson College
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Ethics + Religion
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Janice Hume, University of Georgia
Obituaries tend to play down any negative aspects of character. Over time, they reveal what we value in life.
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Politics + Society
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Lewis R. Gordon, University of Connecticut
There's a divergence in how a trial is conducted, what rules govern it – and the larger issue of racial justice. That divergence affects the legitimacy of any verdict.
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James Waller, Keene State College
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Vasabjit Banerjee, Mississippi State University
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Health
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James B. Wood, Indiana University School of Medicine
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Science + Technology
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Zoltan Fodor, Penn State
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Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, University of Oregon
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Paulo Verardi, University of Connecticut
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Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton
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Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University
As more people become vaccinated, many of them are eager to resume their social lives. And yet, many are fearful, and some may not want to return to life as they previously experienced it.
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