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It's Happening

Columnist Colman McCarthy writes monthly about peace and social justice issues.

Marie Deans poses outside her office at the Virginia Coalition on Jails & Prisons in March 2017. (Wikimedia Commons/B. Pitler)

The families against the death penalty, no matter their personal pain

by Colman McCarthy
Jan 16, 2021

It's Happening: With the outgoing administration supporting a surge in federal executions, our attention and gratitude goes to the stories of families who have lost loved ones to homicide but publicly lobby against governmental vengeance.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 24. (CNS/Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

How Biden deals with stuttering reveals his character

by Colman McCarthy
Dec 3, 2020

It's Happening: "It's not a heavy load, but it's always with me, like a touchstone, as a reminder that everyone carries his or her own burdens," Biden has said. I, too, carry the speaking impediment.

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Why I don't vote

by Colman McCarthy
Oct 22, 2020

It's Happening: I've never voted in any election, going back to when Kennedy and Nixon were offering their services to the country. Why? Because I'm a pacifist — and on my better days, a pacifist-anarchist.

This college semester will be different, but there is more than one kind of remoteness

by Colman McCarthy
Aug 15, 2020

It's Happening: For the first time in 38 years, I won't have the privilege of sharing time and ideas in a classroom with college students at American University and Georgetown University in courses about peace and social justice.

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Samantha Power's memoir sheds light on foreign policy in the Obama years

by Colman McCarthy
Jul 18, 2020
Column | It's Happening

What do we want? We want to live

by Colman McCarthy
Jun 20, 2020
Column | It's Happening

Is there a doctor in the house who can stand up to Trump?

by Colman McCarthy
May 18, 2020
Column | It's Happening

Bernie Sanders inspires me to be better

by Colman McCarthy
Apr 17, 2020
Column | It's Happening

Conscience decides if a lawyer can defend someone like Harvey Weinstein

by Colman McCarthy
Mar 19, 2020
Column | It's Happening

As caucus hoopla subsides, remember these heroic Iowans

by Colman McCarthy
Feb 17, 2020
Column | It's Happening

You can get your 'meat' fix without exacting a pound of flesh from animals

by Colman McCarthy
Jan 20, 2020
Column | It's Happening

The end of a well-lived life can lead you from death to dissecting table

by Colman McCarthy
Dec 16, 2019
Column | It's Happening

District of Champions: The Nationals gave DC a much-needed win

by Colman McCarthy
Nov 18, 2019
Column | It's Happening

The unexpected life of Angelo D'Agostino, Jesuit, psychiatrist, missionary

by Colman McCarthy
Oct 19, 2019
Column | It's Happening

David Koch: kindhearted, caring citizen, obligated to share wealth

by Colman McCarthy
Sep 20, 2019
Column | It's Happening

Pacifism of my friend Joan Baez inspires a new generation

by Colman McCarthy
Aug 19, 2019
Column | It's Happening

Nixon and Trump: what a pair

by Colman McCarthy
Jul 16, 2019
Column | It's Happening

Bicycles breeze through US as cyclist numbers rise, bike lanes expand

by Colman McCarthy
Jun 17, 2019
Column | It's Happening

Trump's cheating may dishonor the sport, but I'll keep on golfing

by Colman McCarthy
May 17, 2019
Column | It's Happening

The honest way to get into college is tough

by Colman McCarthy
Apr 23, 2019
Column | It's Happening

Michelle Obama was an adept first lady, but could she have done more?

by Colman McCarthy
Mar 16, 2019
Column | It's Happening

There's a lot to learn from the good McCarthys

by Colman McCarthy
Feb 19, 2019
Column | It's Happening

The women of the 116th Congress will make a difference by being different

by Colman McCarthy
Jan 19, 2019
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