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Leonard Pitts: The appraisal of how little Black life is worth begins at birth, and never ends

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald August 26, 2020August 25, 2020

The people seeking ludicrous excuses for the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black Wisconsin man, don’t want to face the real reason.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald August 19, 2020September 14, 2020

What lifted her speech was not its indictment of the current president, but its appeal to misplaced ideals of American fairness.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

In a haze of self-pity, the chief executive speculates, ‘It can only be my personality.’ Not quite.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald July 29, 2020July 28, 2020

A congressman insulted a congresswoman on the Capitol steps. Then he invoked his daughters and his wife as moral shields.

A life long pursuit of racial justice offered the late civil rights hero many chances to give into despair.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald July 15, 2020July 14, 2020

Those who try to meme ‘Lakeisha’ in revenge for ‘Karen,’ as one reader suggested, will learn that ‘nobody roots for Goliath.’

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald July 8, 2020July 7, 2020

Falsely equating racial justice uprisings with race war, some white Americans are losing their damn minds.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald July 1, 2020June 30, 2020

For every egregious misstep, the president has an excuse. Will this latest episode be a bridge too far for his supporters?

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald June 24, 2020June 23, 2020

The World War II generation sacrificed for the common good for four years. Some of us won’t do it for a few months.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald June 17, 2020June 16, 2020

I can’t be the only one who needs to scream at a number that’s only a score, not a death toll.