This week's substack post is excerpts from the VANITY FAIR piece - which will be in the December issue - on my work on fighting American social isolation and building a conversation around repairing the spiritual health of our country.
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For the December issue of VANITY FAIR, I profiled Chris Murphy 🟧—with cameos from Cory Booker, Steve Kerr, and more. vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/c…

The story of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy is one of both cruelty and incompetence. @itscaitlinhd spent a year and a half investigating how it came to be, and who is responsible:

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'Independence Day is a celebration of America as we want it — and sometimes pretend it — to be,' writes Eric Lutz. 'What happened in Highland Park on Monday was the reality of America as it so often is.' bit.ly/3yJR89u

A mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a suburb of Chicago was a jarring juxtaposition of violence and Americana—and yet another reminder of just how far apart the political parties are from meaningfully addressing gun reform. vntyfr.com/nZCwVp3

VIDEO: 4th of July parade goers in Highland Park scatter after hearing gunfire and band members run. Shots heard at about :20 of this video. Original source unknown. twitter.com/raulbrindis/st…

“These justices have set the stage for violence and turmoil and they could care less.” vntyfr.com/pxe3KZJ

'If pointing out the failure to act seems naive, it speaks to the utter brokenness of the American political system, thanks to the bad faith and self-interest of Republicans and the total delusion, at best, of some Democrats.'
🔥 from Eric Lutz today
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Good Eric Lutz look at Joe Manchin's priorities, which aren't those of West Virginians (outside the coal industry)—or the planet bit.ly/3n8sQP8

After fighting for clean drinking water since 2018, a Michigan city will finally get lead-free lines theguardian.com/us-news/2021/o…

'For at least three years, residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, have been suffering from lead-contaminated water with what experts describe as insufficient intervention from state and local officials.'

By Eric Lutz and Erin McCormick
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A shocking story out of Benton Harbor, Michigan. A poor, mostly-black city where the tap water is so poisoned by lead that residents have been told not to drink it, cook with it, or *bathe* in it. In the richest country on earth!

My monologue tonight:

Michigan tells majority-Black city not to drink tap water amid lead crisis theguardian.com/us-news/2021/o…

Lead levels in Benton Harbor are higher than in Flint at the height of the Flint Water Crisis. So why has it taken 3 years for people to start paying more attention? And why is this still not getting the attention it deserves? Thanks to Eric Lutz for joining me on #MichMash

A Black town’s water is more poisoned than Flint’s. In a white town nearby, it’s clean theguardian.com/us-news/2021/s…

Republicans are trying to bully their way out of accountability for January 6, Eric Lutz writes bit.ly/3yCUQhA

“We cannot out-organize voter suppression,” Derrick Johnson told Eric Lutz, referencing the Biden The White House’s reported insistence that discriminatory ballot restrictions can be overwhelmed by heavier turnout. That is nonsense, a sign of lazy governance. apple.news/A-llyKeIXQkqvc…

“WE CANNOT OUT-ORGANIZE VOTER SUPPRESSION”: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ARE HITTING THE PANIC BUTTON FOR 2022

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#WeMarchOn #VotingRightsMarch

In my latest on voting rights, Derrick Johnson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Nse Ufot, Martin Luther King III, and Jena Griswold talk about the threats to the vote — and the need to combat them before it is too late. vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/v…