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It’s one of those weeks where I feel quiet. I’m listening. I’m watching the leaves in the breeze and wondering about their trembling. I’m feeling very grateful for the incredible people I know and don’t know, and very existentially worried about this nation and this planet, about…
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What a week. I don’t have anything wise to say, other than what I’ve already said, which is that it’s okay to feel really, really tired and sad right now. Please feel your feels and then donate, organize, show up in the streets (or do all at once?). That’s my plan for now…
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Shut up and repairListen now (6 min) | At dinner Maya announced that some boys in her class had gotten in a fist fight in the hallway outside of their classroom door. I imagined the hooks with their chaotic jumble of backpacks and coats, the bin on wheels filled with lunchboxes, and then a blur of…
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I am encouraged by the baby steps being taken on gun control. Stay awake. Keep putting pressure on your elected officials. We are getting small, but…
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Broken birds and cosmic repairListen now (6 min) | I was driving our car down CA 24-E, a tiny squeak barely perceptible from the backseat, when it occurred to me: I honestly didn’t…
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Should Uvalde be out Emmett Till moment? I found this very powerful. I am in utter shock that The Wire is 20 years old. What a show. I really…
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Dear Judgment, What’s your deal? All of my life, I feel like I’ve been trying to distinguish between you and discernment, you and moral outrage, you and…
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Read Conor Williams on our failure to end gun violence: “They are uncertain promises made to a hazy future — we owe them the very best we can offer…
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It’s been a week, am I right? I continue to feel pretty shattered by the violence in the headlines, and am weathering a transition moment at home…
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Prentis Hemphill has a take on the brutal headlines that gets underneath everything and is worth following, in general. Britain, Australia, Canada, New…
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figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times
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