He has a background of actually having worked with the homeless, so this an exceptionally worthwhile read

From WaPo

In the early ‘70s, in the shadow of the civil rights era, Kenneth Chenault often stayed up late talking with other Black students at Bowdoin College in Maine about how to fight for racial equality. Most argued you needed to push from the outside. They wanted to become activists and educators. Chenault was different. He thought it was best to work from inside the corridors of power, recalled former classmate Geoffrey Canada.

“We didn’t think you could knock those doors down,” Canada said.

Chenault did. He went on to run American Express for 17 years, one of just 19 Black chief executives ever at a Fortune 500 company.

yes, rare is a good word to use, this is highly unusual:

My working thesis: most people who have been cancelled were yesterday's heroes. Love him or hate him, Jordan Peterson represents the future of ideas.

[previous Covid New thread HERE, covering April 16-28]

By Priscilla Alvarez @ CNN.com, April 29

The number of unaccompanied migrant children held in jail-like conditions by US Customs and Border Protection dropped nearly 84% in the span of a month, according to a White House official, underscoring the significant progress made by the administration after reaching record high custody figures.

As of Wednesday, there were 954 children in CBP facilities, down from a peak of 5,767 on March 28, the official told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak on the record.