Op-Ed: A John F. Kennedy Centennial Reflection
By Michael McQuillan
Should it surprise us that John Kennedy came late to civil rights? Continue reading
Op-Ed: A Testament Of Faith For Beyond The Election
By Michael McQuillan
“I woke up this morning to a country – and to a reality – that seems darker than I ever had thought I would witness first hand. Continue reading
Op-Ed: What Colin Kaepernick Protest Accomplished
By Michael McQuillan
Police shootings, school segregation and inner city economic deprivation demand frank talk and hard work across the color line. Continue reading
Op-Ed: What A Real Conversation About Race Would Entail
By Michael McQuillan
In June 1993 the Richmond-based Hope in the Cities conducted a pioneering “Unity Walk” in what was once the Confederate capital and then a source of massive resistance to court-ordered school integration.Continue reading
Op-Ed: Democracy Depends On Exchanging Ideas. Do Leaders Listen?
By Michael McQuillan
“Answer your mail.” Mentors taught this as the first rule of politics when I worked in the U.S. Senate for Missouri’s Stuart Symington in the Seventies. Continue reading
