Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: It’s obvious that Black Americans’ battle for voting rights will never, ever be over
Tempted to accept defeat? Remember this: Bigots will always cast ballots, so the rest of us must vote, and fight.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: President Biden must honor his word to Black voters, Dr. King’s legacy
Candidate Biden pledged that diversity, equity and inclusion – especially voting rights – would be part of his platform. But his follow-through is unimpressive.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Black Americans shared Sidney Poitier with the world, but he was all ours
The groundbreaking actor, who died last week, embodied Blackness with an unyielding insistence upon his own – and therefore, upon our – dignity and worth.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: White supremacists are using an old playbook, but so are the lawyers fighting them
We have shown how to use the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 against extremists.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
As Washington’s farming techniques evolved, so did his views on slavery
What the first president’s own documents reveal about his life and work as a farmer.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A boycott of the Olympics won’t force China to change
Neither a diplomatic boycott, nor refusing to send American athletes, will improve Beijing’s human rights record.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Colin Powell’s funeral was a missed opportunity to unite the country
Collective mourning has long brought Americans together.
Posted inFood, Recipes
Collard greens: From down South to Down East
Some days, it is easy being green.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Picturing Macon Bolling Allen – the mysterious disappearance of a trailblazer’s portrait
The nation’s first Black lawyer was admitted to the bar in Maine. The fate of a ‘fine oil painting’ of him, once housed at the Cumberland County Courthouse, is unknown.