Wynn Bruce RIP

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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to Understand Why</b></font></div><div>Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable.</div><div>
</div><div>By Michael Kodas</div><div>April 22, 2023</div><div>Most journalism teachers would be thrilled to see their student’s name in the New York Times, but I shouted a curse and pushed my laptop away. The sobs didn’t come until later, and they returned often over the past year.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Three days earlier, on April 22, 2022—Earth Day—a Buddhist environmental activist sat down on the steps leading to the <b>U.S. Supreme Court, </b>stretched his legs out in front of him, folded his hands at his chest and, without saying a word, lit himself on fire. He was a photojournalist from Boulder, Colorado, the Times reported, and had died the following day. His father and friends <b>believed he was protesting the U.S. government’s failure to confront climate change. His name was Wynn Bruc</b></span><b>e..</b>..</div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></p>