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At 70, Yo-Yo Ma Is Modeling a Way to Be in the World Today

With a global audience, Ma models a way of being that goes against the grain of cynicism, polarization and isolation. It’s up to us to pay attention.

“If we had nine or 10 Yo-Yos, the world would look different,” said the pianist Emanuel Ax, Ma’s longtime friend and collaborator.

Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant

1 September 2026 at 10:30

A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed

America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – more accurately, police killings of Black people that went unpunished either internally or by the courts – by taking a knee during the national anthem for the entirety of the 2016 NFL regular season. He never played in the league again.

Ten years covers a lot of ground, especially in these years of American darkness, and many of the important details surrounding Kaepernick, his banishment and significance have disappeared, time replaced by more time and more darkness – time moving faster than ever, at internet speed, where nothing matters, where nothing sticks. We consume by clip, by click, by meme, and knowledge by meme is not knowledge at all.

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© Composite: Guardian Design

© Composite: Guardian Design

© Composite: Guardian Design

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