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" ... 5. Be Peaceful. Lewis founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He led the peaceful walk across the Edmund Pettus bridge where he was set upon by state police who beat him and fractured his skull. The one-sided brutality energized the passage of the Voters Rights Act. Non-violence turned the tide. His own serious injuries strengthened his resolve that violence was not the way. Today violent groups have highjacked legitimate causes for justice, and many politicians lack the vision of Lewis to take a stand against violence. If we accept indiscriminate violence, how can we be against the violence of discrimination? We do not change a person’s heart by beating them down or smashing their windows. Lewis was smarter and stronger than all of that and advised: “Never give up. Never give in. Never become hostile... Hate is too big a burden to bear.” ... "
" ... How a renegade team of creatives highjacked the Oscar’s live stream and gave female filmmakers the rcongnition the Academy refused them. ... "
" ... The hysteria that has highjacked rational thinking in recent days has already wreaked immense havoc. Indeed, its ripple effect of fear gone viral may well exact a far steeper toll on human life and livelihoods than the virus itself. ... "
" ... Today, interest groups with narrow agendas have highjacked the conversation. Legislation is being written by eviction lawyers seeking to win cases, not prevent the underlying poverty and financial struggles that lead to some evictions. Politicians are trying to send signals to left leaning groups who claim to advocate for tenants by passing scattershot interventions in contract laws that govern leases for rental property. None of this actually addresses the fundamental issue: when housing is scare it is expensive, and that price inflation hurts poor people the most. Not only does housing inflation take a bigger bite out of the pockets of poor people who are disproportionately people of color, it reduces their choices. ... "