Learning to Feel

For too much of my life I've mistaken knowledge for understanding. I studied systems of racism like I could research my way into wokeness. Like so many white allies I've made the mistake of thinking I understood my own white privilege, and will almost certainly make the mistake again.

Tale of Two Pandemics

The fallout of the Covid-19 crisis in America has led to record unemployment, massive economic downturn, businesses closing left and right and a collapsing healthcare system. All of these layers of intersecting crises have emphasized the massive gap that already existed in all of these systems. Rates of income inequality, mortality rates between low-income minority…