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ADAM KINZINGER42 • Taking a standBY LARRY HOGANDr. Martin Luther King Jr. said the “ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Over the past few months,
Congressman Adam Kinzinger has stood up for the truth when it was most
challenging and least convenient. In the wake of the insurrection at the
Capitol in January, Adam was the first Republican member of Congress to
step forward and call for the removal of President Trump from office via
the 25th Amendment. In standing up for what he believed was right, Adam
proved the measure of his courage.
After serving two tours of duty in Iraq, Adam knows what it really means
to sacrifice for your country. He understands that the willingness to do so is
the minimum requirement of leadership. No job or title is worth more than
your integrity.
Through his example, Adam is paving the way for others to follow their
conscience. I believe he has a bright future ahead, but more important, he
will be remembered well by history.Hogan, a Republican, is the governor of MarylandGuilherme
Boulos
38 • São Paulo’s
rising star
Two years into Jair Bolsonaro’s
controversial presidency, Brazil’s
fragmented left has mostly
struggled to unify behind a
leader to challenge the far right.
Guilherme Boulos has begun
to change that, bolstered by
a November run for mayor of
São Paulo. Born and raised in
the city—the largest in South
America—Boulos has worked
for two decades as a community
organizer in poor neighborhoods.
A month before the first round
of voting, he was polling in
fourth place as a minority- party
candidate with just 10% of the
expected vote. But by winning
over young people and energizing
voters disillusioned with the
mainstream left Workers’ Party,
Boulos beat out Bolsonaro’s
preferred candidate and others
to make it to the second round.
In the end he lost the election—
winning 40.6% of the vote to the
center-right incumbent’s 59.4%—
but analysts said his shock
performance in the influential city
established him as an ascendant
figure in Brazilian politics and
gave the left a new path forward.
Many expect Boulos to run for
President in 2022, and to play
a major role in rebuilding the
left’s strength in the meantime.
“This isn’t something that ended
[with the election],” Boulos told
a Brazilian newspaper after his
loss. “Our campaign is the start
of a new cycle.” —Ciara Nugent
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