'We have to face the reality of our own time' & answer the call to fight for democracy

There's a line by the great South African jurist Albi Saxs, a man who lost an arm and nearly lost his life fighting apartheid that's been echoing in my mind ever since I had the privilege of meeting and speaking with him last week. Sax told me that after a lifetime spent building and defending democracy, he's become deeply optimistic, which surprised me, as you can imagine. He said it's not because threats to democracy are diminishing, but because the public's understanding of those threats is finally growi ...