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PublishedAugust 23, 2018
Dana Milbank: Georgia Republicans use access law as excuse to disenfranchise black voters
Closing polling places in a majority African-American county is about voter suppression, not disability rights.
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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 21, 2018
‘Star Wars’ actor Adam Driver says he grew up in Klan territory
In an interview with USA Today, Driver says he remembers KKK rallies being held in his Indiana home town.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2018
Commentary: Trump’s failure to condemn bigots overshadows his successes
The president should make clear that he does not accept the support of the ethno-nationalists of the alt-right.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2018
Commentary: No dog at the White House, but Trump knows one when he sees one
Who needs a four-legged friend when the president is surrounded by old pals he now regards as 'dogs'?
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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 15, 2018
Commentary: Imagine a world where a lottery is your ticket to a prestigious university
Schools would decide minimum criteria such as GPA, and then a drawing would allow for long-overdue objectivity.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2018
Commentary: As white supremacist rally flops, note treatment of them by police, media
Police protected the racists all day in the Washington area. Compare that with Ferguson, Missouri, where guns were trained on black protesters.
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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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PublishedAugust 2, 2018
Boycott looms for Boston landmark named for slave owner
Activists seek to rename Faneuil Hall, which was built in the 1740s on a site where slaves had been sold.
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