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Leonard Pitts: Who’s going to tell the president that he has no clothes?

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald November 11, 2020November 10, 2020

Sycophants are more worried about bruising the presidential ego than they are about getting him to face facts.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald November 4, 2020November 3, 2020

In a new album and documentary, he embraces the moral of 2020: Life is short, so seize joy where you find it.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 28, 2020October 27, 2020

The advice on achieving success is hard to take from someone who started out on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 21, 2020October 20, 2020

America is a nation of second chances, but betrayed voters are entitled to hold elected officials accountable.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

To boost his ego and political prospects, he’s turned his COVID diagnosis into a photo op.

What would have seemed unthinkable four years ago is anything but in 2020.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

While ‘Black on Black crime’ is, at least sometimes, punished, Police-on-Black crime seldom is.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald September 16, 2020September 15, 2020

Now the bill for ignorance and inaction comes due, payable in currency of ashes and fevers, blackened homes, congested lungs and death.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald September 3, 2020September 1, 2020

In the midst of calamity, one death serves as a reminder that life is precious and often gone too soon.