Stanford Social Innovation Review podcast: “Rewriting Our Cultural Narrative for a More Just Society” I recently listened to a Stanford Social Innovation Review podcast in which RashadRobinson, president of nonprofit Color of Change, explains how we can rewrite “our cultural narrative for a more just society.” Rashad asks, “Are the structures that we’ve set up truly … Read more
In the face of hatred, remaining silent is no longer an option “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, … Read more
A rallying cry for empathy in the face of demoralization In the face of the likely confirmation to the Supreme Court of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused by multiple women of sexual assault, by former friends and classmates of lying under oath, and by the public of acting like a childish prick in a … Read more
3 ways to respond when you need to speak truth to power but don’t know how If you’re anything like me, as the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing unfolded last week into a “grotesque display of patriarchal resentment,” as The New Yorker put it, you may have felt like you, and every other non-white, male individual in the … Read more