I Have Been So Numb

On politically-induced numbness and what it might mean—or take—to come out of it.

A month ago, we saw body cam footage of the murder of Sonya Massey, a thirty-six year-old Black woman, in her home, by a white cop. Ten days ago, a trainee doctor, Moumita Debnath, was raped and murdered at a hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Six weeks ago, we witnessed the attempted assassination of former president, Donald Trump, at a rally in …