Editor's Pick Williams: The result of overturning of Roe v. Wade will be criminal. And you could be the next target of judicial overreach. BY MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022 Updated May 17, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tannis Fuller recalled her sensation when abortion rights in America sprung a leak. Tannis Fuller, executive director of the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund. kAm“xE H2D 2 =:EE=6 3:E =:<6 2 <:4< :? 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Let's start building a city we can be proud of. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Williams: 'Ignorance is no longer in season.' It's time for Hanover to reject its Confederate school names. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Williams: For Richmond, the future is now. We must leave our Confederate monuments behind. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Williams: Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire's racism does not merit honor. Remove his name from Richmond spaces. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Columns of RTD's Michael Paul Williams that won him a Pulitzer Prize Williams: 'The Lost Cause is dead.' Let's dismantle its legacy beyond the symbols. Williams: Resistance to change is the Virginia way. Now is no time for a victory lap. Williams: Richmond's monuments to oppression need to be gone, but not forgotten. Williams: The fall of Stonewall Jackson is just a start. Let's start building a city we can be proud of. Williams: 'Ignorance is no longer in season.' It's time for Hanover to reject its Confederate school names. Williams: For Richmond, the future is now. We must leave our Confederate monuments behind. Williams: Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire's racism does not merit honor. Remove his name from Richmond spaces. Michael Paul Williams is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va.; read more of his columns on Richmond.com. 0 Comments Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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