January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process Archives - Friends Journal

Interview with Ron McDonald, author of This Age of Insecurity

Our quiet pause can counteract a collective obsession with fights and power. Ron McDonald

Interview with Kevin Rutledge, author of Bird-dogging the Candidates in Iowa

Read: Bird-dogging the Candidates in Iowa Subscribe to FJ’s podcast series. You can listen online from our website or subscribe to… Kevin Rutledge

Among Friends: Progress in the Direction of Love

An introduction to the issue by our associate editor.

Forum, January 2016

Letters from our readers.

Viewpoint: Freeing the Oppressors

A response to the Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined "Quakers: No Friends of Israel"

Bird-dogging the Candidates

Citizen volunteers expose hidden corporate influence. Kevin Rutledge

Why Friends Are Needed in Politics

We can avoid partisan rhetoric to speak and act on the truth we know. Diane Randall

Underground Beloved

FJ Poetry: "It's possible of course to fall in love each morning..." Alexander Levering Kern

Political Change through the Power of Stories

A Friend finds new confidence in her voice as a citizen. Joey Hartmann-Dow

A Quaker Voice in Indiana

An interview with Grace Miller of Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation. Staff

The Prophetic and the Pragmatic in Politics

We are in good company as we fumble and grope to find our way in politics. Isaac Barnes May

This Age of Insecurity

Our quiet pause can counteract a collective obsession with fights and power. Ron McDonald

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