Breath after death: Remembering George Floyd

We should give thanks to those who fought to protect us. But I also wonder, how do we commemorate those who died-by-America? The people who lost their lives because of American circumstance — at the hands of race, class, gender, and othering. Their stories serve as lessons if we let them. A day we take to mourn and remember those who served our country. Memory is a powerful and honorable tool. With reflection, we learn, we change, we remember what we’re fighting for, not just who. Like Emmett Till and...