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We Can Handle The Truth: America at 250. We Must Begin Again.
For decades, I thought being gay and a liberal meant I had done all of the work necessary to live those values.
We Can Handle The Truth: I Wish I Knew About Ella Baker Earlier
“My ego wasn’t at stake at any point.
We Can Handle The Truth: The rewards of solidarity are worth the risk
“I was just doing what I felt was right…I knew that if somebody was going to get killed it would probably be me.”
We Can Handle The Truth: I Became a Class Patriot When I Became a Race Traitor
Whether organizing against war or for workers, my experience over the last 50 years is that successful organizing requires organizing across racial lines.
We Can Handle The Truth: The Self-Made Man is a Myth
I cofounded the basketball company AND 1, the subject of documentaries on Netflix and ESPN, and a Sports Illustrated cover story, published the same day AND 1 was sold and I became financially set for life.
We Can Handle the Truth: "The Godfather" Refuses
At the 1973 Oscars, Marlon Brando refused to accept the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Godfather. Brando sent Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American activist, to the stage to decline the Oscar on his behalf. During her speech, she explained that Brando was protesting Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans and supporting Native American rights just one month after the…
We Can Handle The Truth: Alex Pretti was not a Protestor. Alex Pretti was a Protector.
I’m an executive coach and business consultant, living in South Minneapolis.
We Can Handle The Truth: The Oscars, Sinners, and the Mirror of Storytelling
Sinners is going to win a bunch of its record-breaking 16 Academy Award nominations.
We Can Handle The Truth: Cassius Clay Was a Product of Their Times
Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Clay, like John Brown, John Woolman, Benjamin Lay, and dozens more, all remind me as a white man of the often told false narrative that slavery and those who supported it were “just a product of their time.” That statement not only normalizes the enslavement of human beings, it also erases the story of so many abolitionists, including white folks, who risked their…