Trayvon Martin’s death ten years ago sparked a movement. Since then, we have watched too many others die. We have called their names. We have embraced their families. We have worked for justice—and still do—because their lives matter.
During his inaugural address in 2019, Zelensky told lawmakers: “I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.”
@realDonaldTrump You better pay for the broken windows and the hospital bills you’re an absolute failure and devastation and are going down in history as the worst thing to have ever happened to this country.
What we’re seeing right now is a president with nothing left to lose and only one goal—to distract people from the fact that he lost.
He doesn’t care that the costs are America’s health, security, and our very democracy.
I’m old enough to remember Colin Kaepernick explaining exactly why he was protesting, only to see his message sabotaged by performative patriotism. Bad slogans/messaging isn’t the problem. There will never be a nice way to sell progress to people who actually don’t want it.