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An NBA executive’s Hong Kong tweet tips off fierce backlash from China. Why does the NBA care? We follow the bouncing ball and dollars.

A new memoir by folk artist Eugene Rodriguez explores his work resurrecting traditional Mexican music with youth in The Bay Area. It's called "Bird of Four Hundred Voices."

In Paris, a new chapter in one of sport's greatest rivalries begins this weekend at the French Open. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have switched positions at the top of men's tennis. The transition from Federer, the former No. 1, to Nadal, the current top dog, has featured epic matches and displays of raw emotion.

Congress has a lot on its plate before the Republicans take over the House in January. Democrats hope to pass a spending bill, and the Jan. 6 committee will issue its final report.

This week on "The Lonely Voice" from Book Public, Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides welcome special guest, author Thomas O'Malley, to discuss "Irish Revel" by Edna O'Brien.

Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican state leaders are targeting CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Abbott has signed a proclamation calling CAIR a “terrorist organization.” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, National Deputy Director of CAIR, says these are baseless conspiracy theories created for politics.

Since 1982, Texas has executed 583 people, and one of them was Karla Faye Tucker. The pickaxe killer had a death row conversion and found the support of the biggest names in televangelism. Tucker’s story raises questions about the death penalty in Texas and the hypocrisy of the so-called pro-life State.

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President Trump's tariffs are designed to disrupt global trade. The new trade barriers will be perilous for small, heavily indebted countries in the Global South, increasing poverty and human suffering. What will happen to fair trade? Paul Rice joins us. He is the founder of Fair Trade USA. His new book is "Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World."