Most of them have known all along but won’t admit it, prioritizing their party over the good of the country.
Leonard Pitts
Leonard Pitts: Knee up or down, athletes with a political opinion have a right to express it
If you’re a black man in sports protesting racism and hatred, you’re judged as ungrateful or out of line.
Sean Spicer’s comic act at the Emmys: Is laughing at lies really that funny?
Was the joke on all of us as he did a send-up of his first day spewing fake ‘facts’ for President Trump?
Leonard Pitts: ‘Nickel prophets’ see Hurricane Irma and other disasters as God’s will aligned with their biases
The vagaries of weather could rather be God’s way of asking us to reach out and help each other.
Leonard Pitts: In kneeling during anthem, NFL players are standing on principle
Professional athletes are in a position to focus attention on the nation’s sins, and some feel called to do so.
Leonard Pitts: Too often it takes a disaster to topple the many ‘fences’ that divide us
Sexuality, faith, politics and race become non-issues as strangers assist strangers in times of desperation.
Leonard Pitts: When Trump displayed no moral compass, the nation showed the way
Widespread resignations, cancellations and rebukes after the president’s reaction to Charlottesville lend hope for the American character.
Leonard Pitts: At our own peril we deny how America’s ugly face contrasts with its ideal
That said, let’s admire Heather Heyer, the white woman who died while opposing white supremacy.
Leonard Pitts: Book by conservative Sen. Jeff Flake on Republican indecency comes late in the game
As a member of the ruling majority, his take on the ruin in our capital is brave, but his party must step up and fix its dysfunction.
Leonard Pitts: Republicans use electoral integrity panel to attack a core American right
The group is not a vehicle for rooting out voter fraud; it’s for suppressing voting by minorities and the poor.