Ted CutezynskiLast #EarthDay, #WynnBruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to Understand Why
Some saw my former student’s actions as climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable.
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Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to Understand Why - Inside Climate News
Most journalism teachers would be thrilled to see their student’s name in the New York Times, but I shouted a curse and pushed my laptop away. The sobs didn’t come until later, and they returned often over the past year. Three days earlier, on April 22, 2022—Earth Day—a Buddhist environmental activist sat down on the […]