Move Fast and Break Things

The youth of our country need older people more than ever: tell them you trust them and believe in them

Protesters muster in lower Manhattan, May 30, 2020. Photo credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.com

I have been watching the disintegration of Manhattan from a bolt hole in Massachusetts since March 15, and it hurts. For weeks, it hurt to watch the pandemic escalate, knowing that it was taking a particular toll on the already vulnerable working-class communities…