Leonard Pitts: Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America

Leonard Pitts

Published
April 7, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America

If – if – the white former police officer is convicted, it will be no inspiring affirmation of national values, but the bare minimum common humanity demands.
Published
March 31, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Republican voter restrictions are Jim Crow 2.0, and they won’t stand

In Georgia and states across the country, fearful legislators are trying to suppress the vote. But Black Americans can outflank, outfight and outlast them.
Published
March 24, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Cops who show compassion should be the norm, not news

The de-escalation of a distress call in Maryland represents a model of policing we too seldom get to see.
Published
March 17, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Republican Party considers ballots more dangerous than bullets

Republicans can’t win if all of us vote. So they’re trying hard to ‘fix’ that.
Published
March 10, 2021

Leonard Pitts: When facts cease to matter, consequences do, too

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on what it really means to live in an anti-reality society.
Published
March 3, 2021

Leonard Pitts: America spends a lot of time trying to kill democracy

Senate Democrats must unite to block the filibuster and pass 2 bills that will expand access to voting.
Published
February 24, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Black history is U.S. history. It will not be erased – no matter how hard America tries

Black history is one of the few fields whose teaching routinely causes the sort of agita we’ve seen yet again this year.
Published
February 17, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Rebel Republicans who rebuke Trump need new, saner party

Relatives call one lawmaker a member of ‘the devil’s army,’ while party officials vilify other apostates.
Published
February 10, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Fox belatedly takes corrective action against lying hosts

Right-wing media don’t care if their rampage against the truth is bad for America. But a billion-dollar lawsuit gets their attention.
Published
February 3, 2021

Leonard Pitts: I’ve got your backs, brothers and sisters, and I know you’ve got mine

I feel a bond with other Black people not only in the wake of tragedy but also in our joys and achievements.