Paul Solotaroff has been a senior writer at Rolling Stone for thirty years He broke the NFL concussion scandal, the Aaron Hernandez story, the horror-show conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, and has written a series of stories that helped free innocent men who were wrongly convicted and serving life without parole in state prisons. Winner of the National Press Club Award and two Genesis Awards, he is a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award finalist, as well as the best-selling author of four books. Six of his stories have spawned film or prestige TV series, including “Free Meek,” “How to Fix a Drug Scandal,” “The Fixer,” “A Most American Way to Die,” “Not Guilty,” and “The Gangster in the Huddle.”
It is a tragic reality that hateful ideology has found fertile ground online and offline, with consequences affecting not only Americans but people around the world. We cannot stand idle in the face of bias, bigotry, and extremism. Together, at the Eradicate Hate Summit and beyond, the collective will of individuals and organizations is needed to galvanize all people of good will to protect and defend our communities.
