The eyes of the nation are squarely on the state of Georgia and its new election law, right at the exact moment the eyes of the sporting world are turning to a small city in the eastern half of the state.
Friday afternoon, less than a week before the Masters is scheduled to tee off in Augusta, Major League Baseball announced it would be moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta in direct response to the law. Critics charge the law, drafted by the Legislature's Republican majority and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, suppresses the right of Georgia citizens to vote and unfairly targets minority communities.