A Temporary Pause

I took a pause from this newsletter for a week, because other voices felt far more salient than my own. As cities filled with protestors, social media threads swelled with lessons about the past and dreams for the future, stories and notions that needed to be front and center and, frankly, must remain there until injustices are resolved. In the background, coronavirus seemed to pause, too, falling away from the headlines as cities began to open to shoppers, diners, and activists alike. But this is turning out to be a short-lived pause for both coronavirus and me: today we’re reappearing on your radar and, I fear, in a...READ MORE