It’s for us citizens to raise our voices and put off the flames of hatred

The boil just burst. Like most boils, the presidential election is a hot mess and has left a gaping wound. With at least 10 dead, scores injured and 86 arrests, our nation’s fault-lines have deepened in the last 72 hours.

Ethnic profiling, police brutality, anti-IEBC violence and a divided leadership pull us further away from a political resolution. Yet like all other boils, there is an anti-septic treatment for this condition if we are all prepared to listen.