Truth Telling In a Time of Denial

and I owe y'all a big apology but that's for another post...

I was an intern at The Nation Magazine when I applied to the Columbia School of Journalism. The incredibly kind, passionate Victor Navasky (RIP 2023) was still the EOC at the time. And when I got rejected I went to his office in tears seeking advice. He let it slip that some folks on the committee questioned if I wanted to be an activist more than a jou…