An unedited re-post of a Twitter thread from January 11, 2020 There are some things I want to say about being white in America, and the space and moment we are in. I hope that my fellow white folks will read this, as I am sharing this in the hopes…

Reflections on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And curse words. Early Monday morning, I sat with my family at my grandmother’s bedside as she took her final breaths in this world. As she reached this final crossing over from life to death, surrounded by those who love her…

Dear President Obama, We’ve never met. Even still, I want to tell you a bit about my family. I want you to know how much you have touched and inspired my children. …

The Friday after election day, I sent the following note to my team at Google: tl;dr: I’ve got a lot on my mind I have been doing a lot of thinking. This month has been a very strange one for me personally — one in which I have oscillated dramatically…

Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech — Benjamin Franklin Every year, my son’s school chooses a Change Maker to investigate and celebrate. A Change Maker sits deeply in the center of three key…