They Thought 64 Percent Was Enough to Sell the Company Until an Unexpected Stakeholder Appeared

had died. My home had been turned into a set for someone else’s comfort. I was provoked. I was a child.”

I didn’t perform grief. I didn’t cry for effect.

“I’m not ashamed of grieving,” I said. “I’m ashamed of the adults who weaponized it.”

Then I listed what we had done since Monday: wage increases, scholarship fund, debt stabilization, maintenance investment,continue reading …