On the morning of July 16, 1964, a white police officer in New York City shot and killed a black teenager, James Powell, across the street from the high school where he was attending summer classes. Continue Reading →
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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 →