Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page. Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while.
The president went from ripping children away from their families to building a system of child prisons, with 15,000 children locked up in December. We cannot allow this atrocity to happen in our names. We cannot be silent. It is our duty as Americans to fight back.