What is there to say about 2021? In many ways, it showed us who we are.
Hundreds of thousands of people died of an illness for which we now have a vaccine. Many more were pushed to the brink, fearing for vulnerable loved ones, the safety of young children, their own housing.
A white supremacist insurrection threatened — and severely damaged — our already imperfect democracy, revealing to many what marginalized groups had long known about the fragility of our system and the violence of those who would hold onto power, regardless of the cost. ...