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Leonard Pitts

Published
August 13, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Riot sparked by shooting of unarmed man is about so much more

It is the cumulative result of similar deaths and the bitter sense of siege felt by African-American men.
Published
August 6, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Building’s ‘poor door’ supports fiction that net worth equals human worth

Critics of the separate entrance are outraged and call it 'odious,' 'Dickensian' and 'income segregation.'
Published
July 30, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Give Paul Ryan credit for plan that puts focus on need to fight poverty

Some ideas are interesting, others are flawed, but let's hope Republican interest in the issue is coming alive.
Published
July 23, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Todd Akin serves as a reminder that Republicans can’t shake tea party

'Crazy' elements of the party won't be denied as conservatives try in vain to re-brand themselves.
Published
July 16, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Journalist Seigenthaler showed us blindness toward racism is curable

At first he didn't see the ugliness, then it became glaring and he fought it, a choice others can and should make.

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Published
July 9, 2014

Leonard Pitts: It’s in no criminal code, but it’s a crime to stand by during an attack

People in groups may be less likely than individuals to help a person in distress, but that's not predestined.
Published
July 2, 2014

Leonard Pitts: High court ruling on contraception strikes blow at reason, rights

Let no one be mollified by Justice Kennedy's writing that this is not a ruling of 'breadth and sweep.'
Published
June 25, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Film tied to man’s suicide invites us to look deeper at our views on gays

You'll hear a lot of things you may not expect as people grapple for their own personal answers.
Published
June 18, 2014

Leonard Pitts: Remind me, again, of what exactly we were talking about…

You can live with creaky knees and sparse hair, but losing that sharp faculty of memory is a true pain.
Published
June 11, 2014

Leonard Pitts: NRA reverts to old reckless self

The gun nuts were briefly on target.