HONG KONG DEMOCRATS MAY FEEL ‘EXIT’ IS THEIR ONLY OPTION
While Beijing’s most recent threat to Hong Kong will likely end most vestiges of the “one country, two systems” policy, the Special Administrative Region appeared to have already arrived at a critical juncture in its political decline, write Brandon Alexander Millan and Joel S. Fetzer.
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
As the Covid-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical discrimination is a broader national security problem subsuming not only public health but other considerations as well, write Jerrold Green and Michael Lawson.
CA FARM WORKERS DESPERATELY NEED PPE + TESTS
We must address the extremely vulnerable situation of agricultural workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Marcela Celorio, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles.
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