Protests a sign of hope

Dear Editor:

I appreciate and concur with your July 1 musings (protests offer hope – ed.). In spite of 2020 thus far being in some ways an ‘annus horribilis,’ it is also hopeful.

These protests since the George Floyd tragedy seem a tipping point. Our thirty-ish daughters and their peers are passionately advocating for #BlackLivesMatter and defunding police. Jim Crow era statues glorifying oppression are coming down. More people are rising up against the ugliness of white supremacy. More people are signaling they will vote for humane, level-headed leadership in November and rid us of this...