The two faces of violence

They say violence is never the answer, but what happens when violence has already been woven into the fabric of our systems? Last week, New York bore witness to a tragedy that shook the core of our moral compass. Luigi Mangione, enraged and broken, committed an unforgivable act by taking the life of a health insurance CEO. A single, horrific moment of murder—indefensible, unconscionable. Yet behind that act lies a deeper story of systemic violence, one that has quietly taken the lives of tens of thousands.