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Leonard Pitts: Nike’s new ad featuring Kaepernick a rare act of corporate courage

by Leonard Pitts September 5, 2018September 4, 2018

In endorsing the former NFL player, the company asks a resistant nation to see what many have chosen not to.

by The Dallas Morning News September 4, 2018

A jury helps restore faith that there can be accountability in senseless killings of citizens by police.

by Associated Press August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

‘I’m sorry for people who felt let down by that moment,’ the rapper tells radio listeners in Chicago.

by Associated Press August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

John Goodman guesses his character will be ‘mopey and sad.’

by JEFF KAROUB Associated Press August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

The two-day viewing is part of a week of commemorations for the music legend, who died on Aug. 16 at age 76 and will be laid to rest Friday.

by Dana Milbank August 23, 2018August 22, 2018

Closing polling places in a majority African-American county is about voter suppression, not disability rights.

by Leonard Pitts August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

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.

by Associated Press August 21, 2018August 21, 2018

In an interview with USA Today, Driver says he remembers KKK rallies being held in his Indiana home town.

by Marc A. Thiessen The Washington Post August 17, 2018August 16, 2018

The president should make clear that he does not accept the support of the ethno-nationalists of the alt-right.

by Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service August 17, 2018August 16, 2018

Who needs a four-legged friend when the president is surrounded by old pals he now regards as ‘dogs’?