On Truffles, Trauma, and the Collapse of Political Courage By Melanie Nathan, Nov 10, 2025,  I grew up with white-person privilege in South Africa, watching Apartheid rise to its peak and then crack under the weight of resistance, sanctions, and unimaginable suffering. Forty million disenfranchised Black South Africans — the majority — had to endure … More When the People Are Stronger Than Their Politicians