Tag: Leonard Pitts
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Leonard Pitts: ‘Fairness’ statute has not run out on allegations against Kavanaugh
If true, the Supreme Court nominee committed a crime in high school, and he has yet to be held accountable for it.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Fair journalism doesn’t require reporting discredited ‘data’
In the interest of balance, journalists may be giving credibility to viewpoints that have no basis in fact.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Nike’s new ad featuring Kaepernick a rare act of corporate courage
In endorsing the former NFL player, the company asks a resistant nation to see what many have chosen not to.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2018
Leonard Pitts: McCain at his worst still preferable to Trump at his best
That said, there’s a direct line from his choice of running mate in 2008 to the disaster in the White House.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Lynching of teenage boy shows Americans’ affinity for denial
Carolyn Bryant Donham’s refusal to grapple with her role in Emmett Till’s murder represents our tendency not to own up to wrongs of the past.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Here’s how real ‘BlacKkKlansman’ described his infiltration in 2006
The undercover police officer now featured in a Spike Lee film was viewed back then as a ‘loyal and dedicated’ Klansman, although he had to send a white cop to face-to-face meetings with other members.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Social media lets us watch bigots reap what they sow, in real time
It’s good to remind these people that the world they seek is one that millions of us simply won’t accept.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Democrats must forget ‘norms’ and act like they’re in a brawl, not a pillow fight
It’s silly to keep playing by the rules when Republicans stopped long ago, so they should channel their constituents’ anger and get ready to rumble.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Leonard Pitts: At this point, it’s only shocking when Trump doesn’t appall us
It was predictable that on a global stage, he would cozy up to a murderous tyrant and U.S. adversary.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2018
Leonard Pitts: Blacks live in a society that thinks they need to be regulated
All of the nonsensical calls to police over routine actions expose how many assume that ‘black’ equals ‘danger.’
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