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In these days of high expectations, it is hard to fight our fears that history will repeat itself, and that evil might once again triumph over good, stealing the joy and optimism that has reigned in the weeks following the presidential election. In these days of high expectations, I do not even allow my friends [...]

“It just doesn’t seem fair that the evil deeds of a single individual permanently changed a city.”
Harvey Milk and George Moscone at the signing of a law to protect the rights of gays in San Francisco
As the jumpy and grainy old film segment from the KQED live newscast of November 27, 1978 was coming to [...]

It is difficult to write about heroes and icons because those labels put the individual in a special romantic category, ripe for interpretations of their every action and thought.
That is why it has been difficult to write about Harvey Milk.
His legacy is larger than his everyday life. But that is what every visionary leader hopes [...]