Leonard Pitts: The road goes where the road goes
People always seem surprised in moments like this. Always shocked.
Leonard Pitts: 63red Safe offers safe haven for Trumpers
So I go to my barber for a shave. While I’m waiting for her to finish the man ahead of me, this other guy and I get to talking about Donald Trump. He’s no more a fan of the boy president than I am, and pretty soon, we’ve got the whole shop laughing as we rip Trump’s idiocy.
Leonard Pitts: ‘I wrote the book on black fatherhood’
I wrote the book on black fatherhood. Literally.
Leonard Pitts: Love you have to coerce is not love at all
There’s an old song that always comes to mind at times like this.
Leonard Pitts: Ridicule, the last great death of a culture
A few words about the Trail of Tears and other jokes.
Granted, the Trail of Tears would hardly seem a laughing matter.
Leonard Pitts: The high cost of not knowing
The most dangerous place for black people to live is in white people’s imagination.
Leonard Pitts: Some find it all too easy to denigrate women
This is a column about some black people.
Not all, thank goodness. Not even most.
Leonard Pitts: Obscenity’s not just a set of words
As a general rule, I don’t curse a lot.
Leonard Pitts: This is what actual election tampering looks like
I said it before, I’ll say it again.
“As this country becomes blacker, browner, gayer, younger, more Hispanic and more Muslim, it is increasingly the case that the GOP cannot win if all voters vote.”
Leonard Pitts: The day we used tear gas against children
The United States is composed of 329 million people spread over 3.8 million square miles. In population and landmass, it’s a pretty big place.
Leonard Pitts: ‘Enough’ was a long time ago
Maybe this is futile. After all, there’s little point in talking back to a deranged person, especially if he is dead.
Leonard Pitts: Exactly how does ‘black racism’ impact your life?
I have a question for white people.
Leonard Pitts: Young people, the GOP is scared of you
A word for young people, people of color and, in particular, young people of color:
The Republicans are scared of you.
Leonard Pitts: Progressives need more than a majority
Here’s what gets me about progressives.
They never seem to realize that they are the majority. Yet on issue after issue, the polling consistently shows that they are.
Leonard Pitts: Where there’s doubt, men get the benefit thereof
Let’s get something straight: Men are not the victims here.
Leonard Pitts: ‘What boy hasn’t done this in high school?’
Gina Sosa is not impressed by attempted rape.
Leonard Pitts: Actually, there are no ‘adults in the room’ at the White House
For a man who places such a premium on loyalty, Donald Trump inspires remarkably little.
Leonard Pitts: John McCain, a man of integrity and honor
A few words about the political integrity of John McCain.
Leonard Pitts: A great moment in black history
And now here’s this week’s episode of Great Moments in Black History.
The year is 1979. Jimmy Carter is in office, disco is on the radio and Ron Stallworth has just joined the Ku Klux Klan.
Leonard Pitts: Trump is a president whose words are weightless
Maybe you remember when Mexico was going to pay for the wall.