Michael McQuillan Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Michael’s World: Shine Your Own Light, There Are No Kennedy’s Or Kings, But There Will Be A Moral March On Washington

By Michael McQuillan I walk on the beach, so rhythmic rippling waves soothe confusion. My life's work sought social justice but now the world's gone mad.Continue reading

Let’s All Lie Down In Trains From Harlem To Hollis

By Michael McQuillan Soup kitchen guests where for the past two years I’ve volunteered are deeply grateful for what we cook and serve – “You’re a free person, close to God” one claims; I recall much-unearned praise.Continue reading

Heed The Attica Prison Precedent. Save The Rikers Island Inmates (Update)

By Michael McQuillan A padlocked public park at City Hall permits pigeons to petition the Mayor who cast himself as underdogs' defender.Continue reading

Michael’s World: The Value Of Writers Groups From Harlem To Harare

By Michael McQuillan Ideas flood the mind like a jukebox showcasing songs. Continue reading

Mike’s World: Greenwood Speaks From Harlem To Hollywood

By Michael McQuillan “Life is a spark between two identical voids,” psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom writes in Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death, “the darkness before birth and the identical one after death.”Continue reading

McQuillan’s World: After The Coup At The Capitol

By Michael McQuillan I've been scribbling thoughts and feelings on store receipts, napkins or envelopes.Continue reading

McQuillan’s World: An Admirable Man

By Michael McQuillan An unmarked door bares a vacant bar where I want news, not booze. Continue reading

Op-Ed: Preserving Democracy Demands More Than Putting Biden In Office

By Michael McQuillan Never during my youthful McGovern campaigning or as I lobbied in Washington against Nixon's Vietnam escalation did I dream that our nation’s concurrent crises would surround my adulthood.Continue reading

Mike’s World: The Lower Ninth Wards Self-Help Success Since Katrina Deserves External Investors

By Michael McQuillan Katrina’s flood silt soaks the portrait in the image below, but divide the picture in quadrants to absorb its details before you read on.Continue reading

Michael’s World: A Terrible Beauty Surrounds Us

By Michael McQuillan Tendrils reach the living room window. The tree, a friend, beckons. It was here sixteen years ago when Sharon and I bought this Brooklyn apartment.Continue reading

Op-Ed: Dan Rather, An Idealist At 87, Claims The “Fourth Estate” And Faith Will See Us Past Trump’s Transgressions. Is He Right?

By Michael McQuillan “I wonder if you can tell us what goes through your mind when people who love this country and believe in you say, regretfully, that you should resign or be impeached?” Continue reading

Op-Ed: Have Police-Community Relations Improved From Harlem To Hollis?

By Michael McQuillan Police officers were friends when and where I grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the Sixties. Continue reading

Mike McQuillan Talks Education On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)

Join Michael McQuillan, teacher as he discusses his article, "What Makes Social Protest Effective? A Unique School Sends Teens Citywide Seeking Answers,“ Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. Hazel Dukes and others with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show. Continue reading

Op-Ed: What Makes Social Protest Effective? A Unique School Sends Teens Citywide Seeking Answers (Updated)

By Michael McQuillan In November 1969 I with classmates at the Bronx High School of Science chipped in for a rickety school bus so we could march against the Vietnam War in Washington. Continue reading

Op-Ed: Democracy Abroad, Hypocrisy At Home, Have We Learned Nothing From History?

By Michael McQuillan Having spent $4.79 trillion for our “War on Terror” in the wake of the September 11th attacks through 2016 according to Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs ...Continue reading