Print this article In this Aug. 1, 2020, file photo, from left to right, Los Angeles Lakers Anthony Davis, LeBron James and Quinn Cook kneel before an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis/AP)
The NBA’s pandemic restart was a perfect time to sow the seeds of social justice. And as the league tips off its new season, now is the time to reap.
An activist group has taken out a full-page advertisement in the
New York Timescalling on the league to force the sale of one of its teams. The team is the Detroit Pistons. The owner is Tom Gores, who also owns a prison telecommunications company. Gores, the charge goes, perpetuates racism because the company, Securus Technologies, charges so much for prison phone calls.